The New York Mets (60-59) defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks (49-70) by a score of 7-5 at Chase Field Tuesday night. Pitching: Noah Syndergaard was on the mound for the Mets tonight and he was on cruise control for most of the night. This was arguably the best Syndergaard has looked in quite some time but he ran into some trouble in the sixth due to some shoddy defense. All in all, Thor went 5.2...
Read More
Neil Walker has homered in back-to-back games and has four homers in his last eight games. It’s the fifth time this year Walker has homered in consecutive games, the most times he’s done so in a single season during his career. Walker has never hit a home run in three straight games. Walker’s 22 home runs are the second-most he’s hit in his career. He had a career-high 23...
Read More
Since 2001, the Brooklyn Cyclones have been the Mets short season single A affiliate. While one of the lowest rungs on the minor league ladder isn’t exactly the first place many would look to find can’t miss ballplayers, 52 major leaguers including current Mets Wilmer Flores, Jose Reyes and Hansel Robles all made an early stop in Brooklyn on their road to the show. This past week,...
Read More
It has been a frustrating start for Jay Bruce in New York. With not much protection around him, he has been exposed at the plate and has struggled since joining the Mets. Prior to being traded to New York, Bruce was having a tremendous offensive campaign. He had been hitting to a .265/.316/.559 slash with 25 homers and 80 RBI in 97 games with the Cincinnati Reds. Bruce seemed well on his way to...
Read More
On Monday night, the Mets dropped their fourth consecutive game to the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks. Bartolo Colon was not making the pitches he normally does and put the team in an early 3-0 hole in the first. The Mets went on to lose 10-6 as the pitching was unable to stop the last place D-Backs. “I think my pitches weren’t great this time, and they were kind of taking advantage of that,” Colon...
Read More
