Tag: offense

2023 Syracuse Season Recap: Top Prospects Shine in Disappointing Season

Following a 2022 season in which the Syracuse Mets posted a disappointing 64-85 record, there was hope that they would be able to turn things around in 2023. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out that way. In fact, the team arguably experienced an even worse season in Dick Scott’s first year managing the club. Posting the second-worst record in the International League at 61-85, the...

Mets Fall to Last Place With 3-1 Loss To Angels

Coming off of a seven-game road trip, the Mets traveled back home to take on the Angels for the first of a three-game series on Friday night. Fittingly, it was Japanese Heritage Night at the ballpark with not only Kodai Senga on the mound, but with Shohei Ohtani making his first visit to Queens. In a game with very little offense, it was Ohtani’s team that came out on top 3-1, sending the...

Mets Set Embarrassing Record in 7-0 Loss to Braves

The Mets hosted the Braves for the first of a four-game set on Friday night. It is the first series between the two teams since the Mets were swept in nightmarish fashion in Atlanta at the beginning of June. In a matchup between Tylor Megill and Charlie Morton, the Braves overmatched the Mets en route to a 7-0 victory. Prior to the game, Francisco Lindor was a late scratch from the lineup due to...

Morning Briefing: Mets’ Offense Surges Behind Álvarez, McNeil

Good morning, Mets fans! The legend of Francisco Álvarez continued after he hit two home runs in the Mets 11-10 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. Álvarez hit his first of the night, a two-run shot, in the first inning to put the Mets up 4-0. Brett Baty followed up that Alvarez two-run homer with a solo home run of his own to give the Mets a five-run lead against Lucas Giolito and...

Urías, Dodgers Silence Mets in 6-0 Loss

The Mets entered the second half of the season with a Friday night matchup against the Dodgers, looking to put their first half of the season behind them. Needing to win now with the trade deadline just weeks away, the Mets looked as flat as could be and dropped the game 6-0 to fall to 42-49. After Julio Urías gave up a leadoff double to Brandon Nimmo that was initially ruled a home run but...

Bassitt Dominates Mets in Blue Jays’ 3-0 Win

The Mets swept the Phillies on Thursday as they defeated Taijuan Walker in the third game of the three-game set. On Friday, the Mets faced another member of their 2022 team as Chris Bassitt and the Blue Jays traveled to Citi Field to start a three-game series. For the Mets, Justin Verlander took the mound hoping to rebound from a poor performance in Colorado. The game, originally scheduled for a...

Heart of Mets’ Order At Center Of Offensive Struggles

After a strong West Coast trip where they went 7-3, the New York Mets have fallen flat in their first two games against the Nationals. The Mets were shut out Tuesday, and they followed that performance with just one run on Wednesday. The long West Coast trip could possibly be a factor. It also didn’t help that the Nationals’ first two starters in this series were once ranked among...

Canha Leads Mets Offense in 6-2 Victory Over Marlins

The Mets took the field at loanDepot Park on Saturday afternoon looking to rebound from their disappointing loss on Friday evening. Tylor Megill started the game for the Mets in place of Justin Verlander, who was put on the Injured List, while the promising Edward Cabrera took the mound for the Marlins. While the bats went cold on Friday, they were able to come through in the clutch as big hits...

Scherzer Dominates, Alonso Homers in 11-2 Victory Over Rays

The Mets traveled to Tropicana Field to take on the Rays Friday afternoon. Max Scherzer got the start for New York in what will be his final appearance before Opening Day. Luis Patiño was the starter for Tampa Bay. The Mets struck early as a leadoff Luis Guillorme walk and a Francisco Lindor double made it a 1-0 ballgame. Pete Alonso then ambushed Patiño with a base hit on the first pitch he...

Let’s Not Rewrite The 2022 Mets’ Offense

When a team wins 101 games, the assumption is that many things went right. However, when that same team is eliminated in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs with barely a whimper, it’s fair to look back and ask what went wrong. The 2022 Mets were one of the most puzzling enigmas of the last number of seasons. There have been other good teams eliminated in the first round; as recently as...

Mets Need to Rethink Construction of Lineup

It has been just under a week since the New York Mets saw their 2022 season brought to a sudden and bitterly disappointing end, and the search for answers continues with the meat still being picked off the bones in the aftermath of the wreckage. One of the burning questions to emerge from the autopsy on what went wrong is the offense and what now needs to be done to ensure that the Mets maximize...

Mets’ Offense Crumbles in Game 1 Loss

Timing is everything in life, and, once again, the New York Mets failed to deliver the goods offensively in one of the biggest spots of the year. There were some worrying trends to emerge from the Game 1 defeat to the San Diego Padres in the National League Wild Card on Friday, and if they continue that pattern, then what has been an incredible 2022 season could be over by the close of play...

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