As they wrap up the third week of a young but already very eventful season, New York welcomes the first-place Washington Nationals to town for a three-game set with both teams seemingly headed in opposite directions. Decimated by a rash of injuries and coming off of two straight series losses at the hands of Miami […]
Tag: Zack Wheeler
Game recap April 18: The opponent changes, the blueprint stays the same
Primer Having lost the last three games of their four game set in Miami, the Mets returned home to start a three game series against the Phillies with Zack Wheeler on the mound. Wheeler has been flashing his potential in an up-and-down start to the season, suffering from some bad luck with a 7.45 ERA […]
Game Recap April 12: It’s Never Easy
Before yesterday, the last time Zack Wheeler had won a start was September 19, 2014, against the Atlanta Braves. The Mets won that game, 5-0. In the game, Eric Young Jr. batted leadoff for the Mets and played left field. Matt den Dekker started in center. Dilson Herrera started at second base. Eric Campbell, Anthony Recker, and Bobby […]
Game recap April 7: Some hope, then some rust
Primer Nearly any Mets fan perusing these pages likely remembers that amazing doubleheader in 2013 when Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler teamed up to give a terrible Mets team a glimpse of hope. Friday night was a throwback, with Wheeler making his first start in two years the night after Matt Harvey made a solid […]
Which Ace(s) Should the Mets Extend?
It’s no secret that the biggest strength of the Mets in 2017 is their starting pitching. There’s a reason this group has been nicknamed the “Four Aces” (former five) and that is simply a reflection of the talent this group possesses. Of course, we’ve never seen the full potential of this unit, as injuries have […]
What Would Not Surprise Us About the 2017 Mets
Way way back many centuries ago, not long after the blogging began, Will Leitch started a site called Deadspin. He relied upon tips from the common man. Will’s vision for Deadspin was to publish sports news that never made it into the public domain “because of either corporate obligations or just plain laziness.” Deadspin needed […]
Everyone Had Surgery
Well that was brutal, if not entirely unexpected. The Mets made a great push toward the playoffs this year, but in the end, there was a bit too much to overcome. Now the real work begins. While the MLB’s other top teams wear themselves out this postseason the Mets can take advantage of the time […]
There’s no such thing as immortality
In Baseball Prospectus’ transaction analysis about Bartolo Colón’s re-signing with the Mets from December, R.J. Anderson wrote that the Mets kept Colón because they “needed someone to fill out their rotation.” After all, the Mets traded Jon Niese away, and they’d have to wait until mid-season for Zack Wheeler to join the rotation. It was […]
See You In September!
September is upon us. The leaves are changing, the Mets are still on the edge of the playoff race, and major league teams can recall up to 40 players to the active roster. Four call-ups have already been confirmed by Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. I brought out my Magic 8-Ball to predict […]
How The Mets Have Shifted
Shifting is a sensation that has taken over Major League Baseball the past few years and its implementation has been well documented in recent books such as Travis Sawchik’s “Big Data Baseball” and Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller’s “The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.” As the popularity of the use of the shift […]