Updated 6:35 PM According to what a team source told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, the Mets plan to promote left-handed prospect Steven Matz from Triple-A Las Vegas and will use some form of a six-man rotation. Manager Terry Collins declined to confirm the promotion, but the cat’s out of the bag as Matz has already been told that he’ll be joining the rotation. Apparently an...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Tom Starita After a lifetime of telling us to do this at Shea Stadium and Citi Field, I think it’s time to finally listen to Howard Beale… I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s on the disabled list or scared of losing their job. Our shortstop’s not a shortstop; Cuddyer is going...
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The Mets have several obvious problems that need to be addressed. They are weak defensively, have a horrendous bench and have a hole in their lineup at the hot corner. However, their pitching seems to be problematic as well depending on the angle you look at it. In general, having a surplus of pitching nowadays is considered a good problem. The Mets have five young guns and three veterans that...
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There is an interesting issue that arises with fans. There is an obvious notion that often goes overlooked. It’s easy to say that the Mets should expunge the current dead weight of their rotation. It’s easy to point fingers at Dillon Gee and Jon Niese at this point, both of whom have not been pitching well recently. Niese and Gee don’t necessarily have high upsides at this...
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I don’t know how everyone else felt listening to David Wright’s comments to the media yesterday before the game. It’s tough to see David go through something like this. People can knock him all they want for whatever reason, but one thing is for sure: he’s a gamer. He wants to be out there with his team and given the Mets position teetering between first and second place,...
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