Stat Line: 4 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 1 K, 1 BB Dillon Gee made his return to the New York Mets last night against the San Diego Padres to mark the beginning of the much anticipated six man rotation. Gee showed inconsistent command in all four pitches and the stat line further reiterates Gees struggles. There were three positive attributes and points to consider when grading Gee’s outing such as his...
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Stat Line: 4 IP, 7 R, 10 H, 10 K’s, 0 BB Inconsistency in Fastball Command Noah Syndergaard struggled to establish his two-seam fastball as many of the Padres hits came off of two-seamers that ran back over the middle of the plate. A two-seam fastball is relatively easy to learn but getting a feel for the amount of movement and having the ability to direct the movement of the baseball to the...
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Stat Line: 8 IP, 0 R, 8 K’s, 0 BB Jacob deGrom kept it simple in another sensational outing Monday night against the San Diego Padres. Just as he did in his last two DeGrominant outings, deGrom continued to attack opposing hitters with his fastball, throwing a fastball on over 67% of his pitches. Additionally, deGrom’s fastball lead to outs in 18 of the 24 Padres batters that he retired (I...
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Ruben Tejada continued to swing a hot bat on Monday night, going 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. He is now 8-for-17 with four RBI over his last four games since starting at third base. After the game manager Terry Collins told reporters that he doesn’t want Tejada to view this as a last chance to prove he’s an everyday player. (New York Post) “I don’t think it’s his last...
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The Mets are 22-8 against .500 or lower teams, and 6-15 against teams over .500. The Mets started off the season as hot as anyone could have imagined. They had one of the best months of April in franchise history, which included an 11 game wining streak. After going 15-8 in the seasons first month, May wasn’t so kind to the Mets who dealt with injuries and losing streaks and with Sunday’s win...
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