Month: June 2016

Syndergaard Comes Clean About Bone Spur

Noah Syndergaard came clean today about his bone spur today on Boomer and Carton this morning, admitting that he lied after Monday night’s game. “Sometimes it can be a little bit irritating, but the whole reason I basically denied it was because I didn’t want to make it sound like I was making an excuse for my poor performance the other night… There’s no structural damage; as...

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Mets Sign 2nd Round Pick 1B Peter Alonso

Peter Alonso, the Mets 2nd round pick (64th overall), has finally signed after concluding his collegiate career with a dominating College World Series performance. As a benefit to the Mets, Alonso was signed for under slot value at just over $900K, compared to the $1,009,200 slotted for the 64th pick in the draft. Alonso concluded his Florida Gators collegiate career going 16-for-32 with four...

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Mets Look For A Win To Avoid Limping Into Cubs Series

The Mets were armed and not dangerous in a two rain delayed 5-0 loss against the Nationals in D.C. Mother nature limited Matt Harvey to 3 2/3 innings, depriving the right-hander from seeing a little more light at the end of his dark and demoralizing tunnel. Manager Terry Collins said Harvey (4-10) was outstanding despite being the hard-luck loser. “It would have been great for him to go a...

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Rafael Montero Has Fallen Off The Map For The Mets

Over the course of a full 162 game schedule, it is extremely rare that a team is able to get through a season with just five starting pitchers. In most cases anywhere between 8-12 pitchers will make starts in an average season. We are reminded of that with the news that Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard are both dealing with bone spurs in their pitching elbows.  Apparently, the situation is worse...

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Terry Collins Not Ready To Move Into Panic City

The Mets have been here before, staring up at the standings as the season trudges on. The team dropped another game to the Nationals last night by a score of 5-0. Manager, Terry Collins knows this is not the time to panic. Keeping guys upbeat and loose is a key for this team to have any success going forward. “I’m scratching my head  little bit. We’ve got to make sure that these guys stay...

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