I can remember when I heard about R.A Dickey being called up to the Mets. When I heard the news, it felt like an ordinary call-up. Nobody knew who this guy was and I felt that he was going to be a short-term option in the rotation. Little did I know, Dickey would go on to become one of the league’s best starting pitchers two years after his call-up to the team. R.A currently leads the...
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After a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Mets laid an egg in a home series against the Red, dropping all three games. The Mets needed a bounce back series against Baltimore, who has been terrific the first few months of the season. They did just that only alowing two runs in the three games and sweeping the Orioles at Citi FIeld. Once again the Mets show their resiliency a resiliency that they...
Read MoreBisons Offense Stymied In Loss by Andrew O’Brien Buffalo scored one run in the top of the second inning Wednesday night, but the Bisons offense went quiet the rest of the game as they fell to Norfolk, 3-1, in the third game of the four-game series. The lone Bisons run came on a Matt Tuiasosopo solo homer to center field. Norfolk plated one run in the bottom of the fourth inning when Blake Davis...
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With the mid-season mark for the minor league long-season leagues fast approaching, I wanted to release a Who’s Hot update to cap off the season’s first half. These statistics do not include Wednesday’s games, but are accurate through Tuesday June 19th. Two out of three players here are pitchers, which makes sense considering pitching is presently the biggest strength in the...
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As the Mets’ roster has evolved throughout the course of this season, it appears that things may fall into place a bit faster that most fans had originally envisioned. The farm system, originally believed to be devoid of any significant major league caliber talent only one year ago, has produced enough replacements to keep the Mets afloat throughout the first third of the 2012 season. ...
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