The Mets traveled to Fort Myers today to face the Minnesota Twins at Hammond Stadium with Dillon Gee starting the game and facing Twins Pitcher Ricky Nolasco. The Mets came out on top 9-1 and finally improve their Grapefruit League record over .500, at 11-10. The Mets opened the game fired up with their bats, lacing balls all over the field, and putting up a quick seven runs on the board in the...
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The Mets, back in action from their off day on Wednesday, faced the Atlanta Braves at Tradition Field today and Zack Wheeler went up against the Braves newly signed free-agent pitcher, Ervin Santana. After a game that saw a combined 13 runs on 22 hits, the Mets came out on top after an Anthony Recker three-run bomb in the bottom of the ninth to give the Mets a 7-6 victory. The Mets evened their...
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Baseball Digest once called the 20-20-20-20 club the most exclusive in all of baseball. It is actually so rare that only four players have been a part of it in baseball history. Back in 2007, our very own Curtis Granderson became a member of this exclusive club as a member of the Detroit Tigers, and put his rare skill set on full display. The 20-20-20-20 club is the group of batters who have...
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The Mets came from behind to defeat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 today at Tradition Field and improved their Grapefruit League record to 9-10. The winning run scored in the bottom of the ninth inning, on a walk-off single by Andrew Brown to score Anthony Seratelli. Highlights: Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is most likely to be the Mets fifth starter, was tagged for four runs on seven hits, walked a batter...
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Plenty has been said about who the Mets should have lead-off in their 2014 batting order. It seems like Eric Young, Jr. is the leading candidate, with his candidacy coming at the possible expense of defensive extraordinaire Juan Lagares. Mets fans have voiced their frustration about this on Twitter. It is time to take a look at how the Mets may be overstating the importance of a lead-off hitter...
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