In an attempt to jump start a sluggish offense, Mets manager Terry Collins made the decision to switch left fielder Michael Conforto from the sixth spot in the lineup to the No. 3 hole for the weekend series vs the Indians and it paid off in a huge way. Conforto had two hits on Friday, including his first home run of 2016. Then on Sunday, he had two more hits and both hits drove in a run in the...
Read More
If anyone would’ve guessed that Matt Harvey would start the year winless in his first three starts, and be in the bottom third of qualifying pitchers in ERA, well then maybe you should play the Power-Ball. For everyone else, Harvey’s first three starts to the 2016 season have been filled with early promise, only to crumble in the middle innings. It’s interesting to note that during the first...
Read More
Travis d’Arnaud will likely miss his Monday night’s series opener against the Philadelphia Phillies with a bruised left elbow, Terry Collins told reporters on Sunday. “I might give him one more day just to make sure,” Collins said. “He was in here for treatment pretty early Sunday morning. He says he feels a lot better, but he was pretty sore last night.”...
Read More
3 Up 1. Finally Some Offense Coming into the series against the Cleveland Indians, the Mets ranked last in the major leagues in both team batting average and slugging percentage. It didn’t take them long to find their power as they hit four home runs on Friday night. They went on to hit a total of seven in the series. They had just two home runs on the season prior to Friday night. The Mets...
Read More
“You win some, you lose some.” That has been the case for the 2016 Mets so far, but somehow they add much more stress than necessary. This week was another up-and-down string of games, with a bad series loss to a mediocre team to a good series win against an above-average team. It opened with an atrocious start from Steven Matz, and ended with a stellar one from him. We saw Michael...
Read More
