With the signing of Jose Reyes, it was known that Wilmer Flores’ time in the starting lineup would diminish. Flores though is doing everything he can to prove he deserves to continue to be an everyday player for this team. For the second time in a span of four days, Flores had himself a two-homer game, helping his team take the rubber game against the Marlins by a score of 4-2. Flores...
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New York Mets southpaw, Steven Matz came through with a gem of a start that was spoiled by Giancarlo Stanton and the Marlins as the team fell to Miami by a score of 5-2. After a couple of not so stellar starts for Matz, he came through in a big way Tuesday night. He pitched to seven innings while allowing just two runs on the night. Matz allowed two runs which came as a result of the first of...
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Jose Reyes made his return to Citi Field in a Mets uniform on Tuesday night as the team fell to the Miami Marlins by a score of 5-2. The controversial Reyes had an uneventful night at the plate, going 0-for-4 in the game. The citi faithful though stood and cheered with glee as he stepped to the plate for the first time as a Met since 2011. A moment that could be seen as being surreal to Reyes,...
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With Monday’s 8-6 comeback win over the Miami Marlins, the Mets have now won five games in a row. They also have picked up two games on first-place Washington in that same time. Great at-bats, and timely hitting have been the catalyst for the recent resurgence of this Mets offense. A team who had struggled with runners in scoring position have all of the sudden delivered on numerous...
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The Chicago Cubs came to Citi Field and left without a victory as the New York Mets completed am impressive four game sweep against the best team in baseball. I examine the reason for the quick turnaround after the disaster against the Nationals in Washington. Was it Brandon Nimmo’s energy? Familia’s high-wire act in the first game of the series? Or is the team just benefiting from...
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