Author: Joe D

Flores To Get Some Time At Second Base

According to Marc Carig of Newsday, Mets manager Terry Collins said Friday that he would like to get Wilmer Flores some chances at second base during his time with the team.  The 22-year-old Flores is currently filling in at third base for the injured David Wright, but could increase his chances to stick with the big club if he shows he can adequately handle second base as well and add to his...

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Mets Farm Lacks Position Players, So Lets Trade Wilmer Flores

Sorry for the title, it wasn’t intended to be serious, but more of a retort I’ve been giving a lot of Met fans lately who seem to be in a rush to trade Wilmer Flores. A notion I find to be highly illogical given the precarious offensive dilemma the Mets find themselves in. I had a cool exchange with Michael Baron of MetsBlog a few days ago and I think it goes to my point....

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Gee Solid Again As Mets Complete Three-Game Sweep Of The Rockies

  The Mets completed a winning homestand with their first three-game home sweep this season after a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies this afternoon at Citi Field. Dillon Gee delivered yet another dominant performance as he held Colorado to just one earned run, using his outstanding changeup and slider to keep batters off-balance all afternoon. Gee scattered eight hits and walked none...

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Rockies vs Mets: Gee, Flores, Lagares Primed For The Sweep!

ROCKIES AT METS • 12:10 PM Jeff Manship (0-0 , 0.00) vs Dillon Gee (7-8, 3.97) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Juan Lagares – CF Daniel Murphy – 2B Marlon Byrd – RF Ike Davis – 1B Wilmer Flores – 3B Anthony Recker – C Omar Quintanilla – SS Dillon Gee – RHP Video of the Day Hey, I told you Harvey was gonna Rock This Town last night… Here’s another eighties She Stadium...

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Last Night, Matt Harvey Took Another Big Step In His Evolution

I just now caught the following tweet from Adam Rubin: ESPN Stats & Info: Most Starts Allowing 1 or Fewer Runs 2013:Matt Harvey 14Felix Hernandez 13Clayton Kershaw 12Patrick Corbin 12 — Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinMedia) August 8, 2013 It was a memorable Wednesday night for Matt Harvey and after all he has done already in his amazing start to his career, it was almost hard to fathom that he...

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