Well if you sat through nine innings of that, I apologize on behalf of the entire New York Mets organization. They lost by a final score of 14-3 on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park. (Box Score) Pitching Steven Matz got the start for the Mets. He did not record an out. Unfortunately, he was not an opener either. Andrew McCutchen reached on an error by Amed Rosario. Matz then gave up a double...
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Noah Syndergaard had a very weird start on Monday night in the Mets 7-6 extra inning win over the Phillies. He gave up a five runs in five innings but also managed to get 9 strikeouts and got unlucky at times. In the first inning, Noah worked around an infield hit in the first inning and struck out Bryce Harper and Andrew McCutchen while doing so. He mostly went with his sinker and slider in...
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The one thing people always knew about Pete Alonso was how hard he hit the ball. He nearly broke Statcast in the futures game last year and had some bullets in the Arizona Fall League. His batted ball profile is elite in his small but impressive Major League career. Alonso, 24, impressed again on Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins in which he went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI....
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The Mets lost a rainy affair at Citi Field on Tuesday night by a score of 11-4 to the Twins. (Box Score) Pitching Jacob deGrom made his third start of the season tonight. The first inning looked like a typical deGrom start. He struck out Max Kepler fairly easily and got a few fly ball outs sandwiched by a bunt hit. The second inning was much shakier for deGrom. Mitch Garver led off the inning...
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It wasn’t the prettiest of starts on Thursday in the Mets Home Opener against the Nationals, but Noah Syndergaard still managed to pitch well. His command was far from where it usually is and a bad game from the umpire did not help the cause. Case and point: Syndergaard had a no-hitter through five and more importantly, got a lot of weak contact (Victor Robles excluded). His average exit...
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