The Mets beat the Marlins again on Friday night by a score of 4-1 to start the season 8-3. They’ve now won six straight games for the first time since April 21-27, 2011, and they currently have the longest winning streak in the Major Leagues. While it’s still early in the season, Mark Simon of ESPN New York points out that historically, especially in recent years, starting out with...
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The Mets activated infielder Danny Muno after promoting him from Triple-A Las Vegas, and to clear a spot on the roster for him the team optioned starter turned reliever Rafael Montero to Triple A. The move involving also allows the Mets to normalize their bench size back to five. Montero, who competed with Dillon Gee for the No. 5 starter position in spring training, failed to supplant Gee and...
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It was the eighth inning of a tie game, Juan Jaime was on the mound for Atlanta, and Curtis Granderson drew a lead-off walk. He would then steal second, reach third on a bunt, before scoring the eventual winning run on a sacrifice fly hit by Daniel Murphy. Without recording a hit, Granderson had done what a lead-off hitter is supposed to do: he got on base, used his legs to advance, and later...
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3 Up 1. Mets Are Fired Up! Mets ace, Matt Harvey, not only elevates the play of his teammates, but he elevates their passion to win as well. Tuesday night’s match-up was a contest to see who had more fire, more of a burning desire to win. As important as it was for the Mets to take a W the day their young stud took the mound, it was equally important for Philly to knock him down a peg. In...
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Lost in the midst of a thrilling win over the Philadelphia Phillies last night was the fact that the Mets starting catcher, Travis d’Arnaud, plated yet another run last night. He continues to lead the team in that category with seven RBI’s in as many games. Lucas Duda has also emerged as the best all-around offensive threat on the team when many were unsure he’d be able to even...
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