Author: Jordan Baron

Despite a strong outing from starter Marcus Stroman, the Mets fell to the Miami Marlins by a score of 4-2 on Friday afternoon. Pete Alonso rendered another strong performance, reaching base twice and knocking in a run, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a late-game Marlins’ rally in the seventh that put them over the top. Pitching Right-hander Marcus Stroman took the mound for his third start of...

An athlete generally isn’t supposed to get better as they get older. Scientifically, in fact, a pitcher’s prime generally occurs between their  24th and 29th birthday. That’s not to say that pitchers in their 30’s can’t excel, but it’s rare to see an aging player perform better than he did in their mid to late 20’s.  With Jacob deGrom, it seems that science doesn’t matter at all. The 32-year-old...

It was a slugfest down in Port St. Lucie on Thursday afternoon, as the New York Mets defeated the division rival Washington Nationals, 8-4, on the back of three home runs. Pitching Sophomore left-hander David Peterson made the start for the Mets and picked up where he left off last season with two innings of shutout baseball. Peterson surrendered just one hit and one hit-by-pitch over his two...