Author: Dilip Sridhar

Early Look at the 2018 MLB Draft

The Mets will get the sixth pick in next year’s MLB Draft. Since 2010, the Mets have had two top-10 picks and both have been All-Stars, Michael Conforto and Matt Harvey. The average career bWAR for the sixth pick is 14.5 and 71% of them have played in the major leagues. The last time the Mets had the sixth overall pick they took LHP Geoff Goetz who was later traded for Mike Piazza. Having...

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Morning Briefing: Arizona Triples Way Past Rockies

Tonight, the Cleveland Indians will take on the New York Yankees while the Red Sox face the Astros. Expect the Indians game to turn into a bullpen game given how good and deep their pitching staff. For the record, I will predict a Indians-Astros ALCS. Last night, the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies, 11-8. The Diamondbacks jumped to a 6-0 lead but the Rockies ended up making it a game. They cut the...

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Morning Briefing: Yankees Go Wild

Last night, the New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins by a score of 8-4 in the Bronx. Yankees starter Luis Severino could record only one out in the first as the Twins pounced on him for three runs. After Didi Gregorius tied the game with a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning, the Yankees bullpen was lights out for the rest of the game. Add home runs by Brett Gardner and Aaron...

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Morning Briefing: It’s Time for Playoff Baseball

Well, the Mets are not in the playoffs for the first time in three years but there are still reasons to get excited for playoff baseball. Reason number one is the chance to mock your friends who root for the team across the town if they lose tonight. Ervin Santana and the Twins will face Luis Severino and the Yankees at 8:10 p.m. on ESPN. Latest Mets News Keith Hernandez will join FOX...

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Morning Briefing: Black Monday

Black Monday in the sports world is the day after a season when managers or other coaches are let go by there current teams’. This is often common in the NFL but it applies to the MLB and the Mets currently. The Mets lost 11-0 to the Phillies in the season finale. Noah Syndergaard looked very sharp in his two innings of work. The big righty was throwing triple digits and looked like...

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