Author: Joe D

Baseball is such a funny game. Only a day after Jacob deGrom pitched the first complete game of the Mets season, along comes Zack Wheeler who lasted just 1 2/3 innings and allowed a career-high eight runs on Tuesday night. A disastrous outing like that could have demolished the Mets’ bullpen ahead of a huge upcoming four-game series against the Washington Nationals, but thanks to the...

On Friday night, the Atlanta Braves dealt the New York Mets another body blow in a season that’s been fraught with many of them. The question I find myself pondering this morning is elementary: How many more ugly losses can this team endure before they get to the point of no return? At 25-33, the Mets now find themselves eight games under .500 and 12 games behind the division-leading...

Seth Lugo and Steven Matz will return to the starting rotation and pitch next weekend against the Braves in Atlanta, Terry Collins announced on Sunday. “One of the pitchers will pitch in the second game of the team’s doubleheader in Atlanta on Saturday, while the other will pitch in the series finale on Sunday,” Collins said. On Saturday both pitchers completed their rehab...

Let me begin by telling all of you something you already know; rooting for and watching the New York Mets this season, is like getting getting all your wisdom teeth pulled without the nitrous oxide. After a week highlighted more by comic relief than actual feats on the field, the Mets find themselves further removed from the division lead than at any point this season. Between Mr. Met fingering...

Terry Collins briefed reporters at Citi Field this afternoon, and said that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes resumed hitting in Florida on Tuesday and is “making strides.” However there is still no timetable for his return, but Collins did say Cespedes is close. While trying to come back from an injured hamstring, Cespedes developed a quad issue over the weekend after playing his first...