This afternoon, Jacob deGrom took the hill against Chris Sale through three innings, and across his next four pitched against a variety of circumstances that, in some respects, got the better of him. After all, when you post your lowest game score (a miserable 67) in nearly four weeks, your earned run average goes up (now at a dreadful 1.78), and you don’t get the win, there’s no way...
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Mets’ manager Mickey Callaway threw a wrench into Corey Oswalt’s start yesterday when he came out and, despite the team’s 1-0 deficit, decided to shake things up and bring in Daniel Zamora with two outs in the third inning. Having thrown just 61 pitches, Oswalt was evidently intended to kick off a bullpen game similar to the one he had spearheaded last Sunday afternoon. While...
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After a start against the Phillies in which he struck out eight, but never picked up a consistent rhythm to carry himself into the sixth inning, Steven Matz picked up where he had left off as an efficiency-driven pitcher, allowing three runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four in the Mets’ 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins to open the first half of a double-header. Matz, who...
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Mets’ chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon announced in a press conference today that third baseman David Wright is officially scheduled to come off the 60-day disabled list on September 25, and will make his first start on Saturday, September 29th against the Miami Marlins. Wright doesn’t see himself playing again after this September, citing that on a physical level,...
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Zack Wheeler’s rip-roaring comeback season reached new heights last night, as the righty twirled eight shutout innings while striking out seven and walking none en route to a 13-0 beatdown of the Miami Marlins last night. Wheeler last eclipsed eight frames on June 19, 2014, when he pulled off a complete game, three-hit shutout in Miami. At 87 last night, his game score checked in as the...
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