Author: Dilip Sridhar

MMO Players of the Month – April Edition

The Month of April had its ups and downs for the Mets. They started out the month at 7-3 but finished 10-14. They have shown signs and might have righted the ship after a 4-2 road trip where they took two out of three from the Nationals and Braves. The Mets suffered some significant injuries in 2016, notably to Yoenis Cespedes and Noah Syndergaard. Both of them were the Mets best hitter and...

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Mets Early Season Success With Runners in Scoring Position

Much was made of the Mets struggles in 2016 with men in scoring position. Rightfully so, they slashed .226/.306/.372 to go along with a 72 wRC+ and .282 wOBA (weighted on-base average). This season has been a completely different story. They are slashing .321/.402/.530 with a 142 wRC+ and .383 wOBA, both rank second best in the major leagues. The players are roughly the same, so what really...

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Mets Minors Recap: Nido and Thompson Homer for Binghamton

Tacoma Rainiers (15-9) 5, Las Vegas 51s (13-13) 3 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF: 0 for 5, K Wilmer Flores 3B: 2 for 4, Run, RBI Amed Rosario SS: 1 for 3, 2B, RBI, K Dominic Smith 1B: 1 for 3, BB Flores and Nimmo continued their rehab assignments to Las Vegas. Flores recorded a RBI double while Nimmo went hitless in the game. Rosario recorded another extra base-hit. They have started to come more...

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Mets Should Let Rosario Develop, Not Rush Callup

The Mets are coming off a weekend series in which they took 2 out of 3 games from their rivals, the Nationals. The series showed plenty of flaws on this team despite the overall positive outcome. One of those was infield defense, specifically on the left side. In the fifth inning of Saturday’s game, the Mets displayed the glaring weakness. On the first play of the inning, Trea Turner hit a...

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Mets Minors Recap: Amed Rosario and Andres Gimenez Homer

Las Vegas 51s (11-12) 5, Albuquerque Isotopes (11-11) 4 Box Score Amed Rosario SS: 2 for 4, 2 Runs, HR, RBI Dominic Smith 1B: 2 for 3, Run, BB Travis Taijeron RF: 1 for 3, 2B, 3 RBIs, K Amed Rosario hit his first AAA home run in this game. He also had a line drive hit before that HR. The 51s were trailing into the eighth inning of this game before Travis Taijeron hit a two-run double to plate...

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