Author: Dilip Sridhar

MLB Draft Update: College Pitchers Are Likely Target

The rumors for the draft seem to only be building towards the Mets taking a college player, specifically a pitcher Jim Callis of MLB.com released a mock draft of 5/31 which had the Mets taking Zack Thompson. Callis also mentioned “New York is in play for the top four college arms. If none of them get to 12 or Thompson fails to check out medically after having a shoulder injury in high...

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Game Recap: Mets Shutdown by Dodgers in 2-0 Loss

The Mets lost the finale of their series by a score of 2-0 and dropped three-of-four against the Dodgers in painful fashion. (Box Score) Pitching Jason Vargas was the starter for New York tonight, and his first inning did not get off to a promising start. Chris Taylor tripled to lead off the game for LA. Max Muncy followed up with a RBI double, causing the Dodgers to smell blood in the water....

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MLB Draft Update: Mets Expected to Take College Pitcher

There were only three mock drafts to cover this week. Baseball America and MLB.com released one on 5/24 and Perfect Game released on 5/23. Baseball America has the Mets taking Zack Thompson. This is not the first one with that pick. Baseball America has had him as their pick multiple times now while Fangraphs had him as their pick last week. Fangraphs also said, “most expect a college...

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Game Recap: Carlos Gomez Leads Mets to Sweep Over Nationals, 6-4

Oh, How Sweep It Sounds. The Mets beat the Nationals 6-4 to complete a four-game sweep at Citi Field. It was the first time (second overall) in Mets team history they’ve swept the Expos/Nationals at home since 1972. (Box Score) Pitching Steven Matz somehow pitched very well despite being in and out of trouble in virtually every single inning. In the first, he gave up a one-out single to...

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Mets Minors Recap: Encouraging Outing by Simeon Woods-Richardson

Lehigh (23-19) 6, Syracuse (24-20) 4 Box Score 1B Travis Taijeron: 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, K, .198/.312/.509 RF Rymer Liriano: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, 2 K, .178/.271/.288 A depleted Syracuse roster managed just six baserunners in the game. Two of the four hits though were home runs by Liriano and Taijeron. Taijeron has 125 plate appearances this season. He has a walk, strikeout, or home run in 64.8% of...

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