The Mets men up the middle, Neil Walker and Asdrubal Cabrera have struggled in different aspects at the plate. Both have been hurting the offense tremendously when needed most. In Walker’s case he just has not been hitting at all. He has struggled mightily, looking overmatched and just unable to get comfortable at the plate. After a hot start to his season, he has come back down to Earth....
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Tonight I share my memories of Mike Piazza and talk about how game-changing his arrival was for a generation of Mets fans. Hear highlights from Piazza’s career and clips of his emotional speech from earlier today. I also talk about the critical upcoming homestand, how Jose Reyes has been invaluable to the Mets lineup and whether James Loney should be benched when Lucas Duda returns. Sal...
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Jacob deGrom endured the second shortest outing of his career in Saturday’s 7-2 defeat at the hands of the Miami Marlins. His velocity also dipped, causing question marks to raise if he again may be having some type of issue with his lat. It was a night to forget for deGrom, who allowed fives runs in 3.2 innings. He allowed 10 hits while walking one and striking out five. The Marlins were...
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Latest News – July 24 After a couple of weeks of deliberation about playing Michael Conforto in center field, Mets manager Terry Collins finally took the opportunity to play Conforto in center field in spacious Marlins Park on Saturday night. After coming in as a pinch-hitter and stroking a single in the sixth inning of last night’s 7-2 loss to the Marlins, Conforto remained in the...
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The New York Mets (51-45) were defeated by the Miami Marlins (53-44) by a score of 7-2 at Marlins Park Saturday evening. With a Washington Nationals win, the Mets will fall to six games back for the division lead. Pitching: Jacob deGrom was coming off arguably the best start of his entire career heading into tonight. On the surface, this looked like one of the best pitching matchups of the...
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