Author: Anthony E. Parelli

If I told you that in the last week of May, the Mets would be in first place and above .500, you’d have signed up for that, right? Of course you would. Well, that’s where we’re at, but man, is it ugly right now. The team is decimated by injury. Decimated may not even be a strong enough word to accurately describe the current situation. Ravaged maybe? Devastated? I digress. It’s hard, if not...

Credit: Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports Another day, another nail-biter between the Mets and Marlins. Unlike Friday however, this one didn’t take 12 innings to decide. Garrett Cooper made sure of that, smashing a 3-2 hanging slider from Drew Smith over the center field fence with two outs and the game tied in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Marlins a 3-1 victory in Miami to even the three-game...

Another week into 2021 and all we know about the NL East is that we know nothing about the NL East. The Mets remain in first on the strength of a seven-game win streak, but are reeling with injuries and got swept by the Rays over the weekend. It’s been a month and a half and the Braves still don’t look much like the three-time defending champion. The Phillies meanwhile look like the Phillies,...

After a mid-week sweep against the Orioles made it seven wins in a row for the New York Mets, I wrote that the weekend series in Tampa against the Rays would provide a pretty good barometer for where the team stands at this point in the season. What resulted was a three-game sweep in which they blew a late lead Friday, wasting a gem from David Peterson, and two non-competitive losses on Saturday...