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...
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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...
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For years now we have been told that Travis d’Arnaud is the current and future franchise catcher for the New York Mets. His growth has been long and expected since he was drafted 37th overall by the Phillies in 2007. The very next season, he was ranked as that organization’s seventh-best prospect. The next year, he moved up to fourth. After d’Arnaud was dealt to Toronto, he was their top...
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On Monday, the Mets sent all full season ticket holders their prospective renewal packages and postseason ticket deposit information. The move was originally poised for an August 1st drop, but the Mets wanted to wait until there was the possibility of better news to broadcast with the invoices. The package includes ticket pricing for next year and the cost of potential postseason ticket strips....
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The New York Mets enter play on Monday night in Arizona against the Diamondbacks with 45 games remaining on the season. They find themselves just 2.5 games out of the second wild card spot chasing the likes of the Marlins, Pirates, and Cardinals. After completing what seemed like the impossible Sunday in winning back to back games for the first time in more than a month, I took a look at the...
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