The Major League Baseball Players Association recently nominated infielder Jose Reyes as the Mets’ recipient for the 2018 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award. Named after the founding executive director of the MLBPA, the award highlights the most respected player based on on-field and community leadership. The finalists and nominees are voted in by players, and there is only one recipient....
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The New York Mets aren’t exactly clear on who will become their next general manager, but judging by yesterday’s New York Post article by Mike Puma, there’s one very clear takeaway: analytics will not be tolerated. While the general understanding has always been that the Mets’ executives have been more inclined to a more old-school look at the game (as evidenced by their...
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In his 30th and final appearance of the year, Steven Matz made sure to go out on a high note. The lefty allowed just one walk and three hits through six shutout innings, striking out eight while lowering his season ERA to 3.97 in the Mets’ 1-0 extra-innings victory over the Miami Marlins. Despite the 5-11 record, it’s hard to treat Matz’s year as anything other than a confident...
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Heading into last night’s contest against the Atlanta Braves, Noah Syndergaard had a chance to become the first Met pitcher to win seven consecutive starts at home since Frank Viola pulled off such a stretch between the 1989-1990 seasons. As his start pressed forward and the rain continued to fall, Syndergaard seemed to be inching closer to the feat. By the time he had been lifted in the...
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While the end results certainly weren’t as brutal as they were in his last start against the Nationals (just two-thirds of an inning, seven runs on eight hits), Steven Matz left a lot to be desired over the course of just three innings – the last of which called for 43 pitches – in the Mets’ 8-6 victory at the nation’s capital. Matz put a lot of trust in his...
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