It feels good to be doing this again – it means the season is in full swing and Mets baseball is starting to matter again. I refuse to be too pessimistic against anyone but Blaine Boyer this early in the season. The Mets have the potential to be a good team…probably not great, but we can look forward to seeing meaningful baseball on the field. So far, Terry Collins seems to have...
Read MoreThe Mets hosted the Washington Nationals for Opening Weekend at Citi Field. I’m not sure what the deal was with the 4:10 start on Friday afternoon, but at least the Mets did a classy thing by having Ralph Kiner toss out the first pitch. The Nationals took the series 2-1 thanks mostly to a horrible, horrible bullpen. That said here are my 3 Up and 3 down from this series. Three Up 1. Chris...
Read MoreChris Young was dominant today, allowing one hit over seven innings but the bullpen blew it in the eighth, and then in the eleventh and the Mets lost 7-3, losing the series as well. Game Notes Chris Young looked excellent today, allowing one run on one hit over seven innings, walking two and striking out five. Young was exactly as advertised, having a 14:1 fly out to ground out ratio today....
Read MoreHow do you build a good baseball organization? First you find people who understand sports and business and who will actually work together. In sports it is often necessary to move players around to and from the big team and the minors due to injuries, performance issues, and sometimes just to shake things up. Things are so different in Flushing now. The change is remarkable. How many times does...
Read MoreBuffalo Bisons (2-2) 4/7 (0-1) Syracuse 8/6/1 – Buffalo 5/10/1 4/8 (1-1) Syracuse 2/7/1 – Buffalo 2/9/3 4/9 (1-2) Pawtucket 8/8/1 – Buffalo 3/6/0 4/10 (2-2) Pawtucket 1/4/0 – Buffalo 2/3/1 Who’s hot: Outfielder, Jason Pridie: .263 Avg (5-19), 2b, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 K, .263 OBP Starting RHP, Jenrry Mejia: 1 GS, 6 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 6 K, 0.00 ERA Who’s not: Third...
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