Peter Alonso spoke to reporters at Citi Field today and while he clearly is still not thrilled of the Mets decision to not call him up, said that he understands why the Mets reached that decision. “I spoke with Omar [Minaya] and he basically told me it was nothing personal it was really just a business decision, an organizational decision. I mean, I respect that and I’m just going to...
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The Mets had an absolutely dreadful showing in last night’s contest against Marlins’ right-hander, Jose Urena, who came into the game with a 4.56 ERA. In 6 1/3 innings, he held the Mets to only three hits and one run. That one run came from a Michael Conforto home run in the sixth inning, who took a 2-0 96 MPH fastball and slapped it over the left-field wall to pull the Mets within...
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Jeff McNeil has been nothing short of phenomenal since the team called up the infielder back in July. Last night was yet another shining example of that as McNeil went 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs scored while also striking out, which as we all know is a rarity for him. In fact, that was only his 15th strikeout in 159 plate appearances which gives him a superb 9.4% strikeout rate. His...
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While the Mets continued to be plagued by the “square peg in a round hole” conundrum after signing Jay Bruce to a three-year, $39 million contract last offseason, the good news is that he has started to hit since returning from the disabled list on August 24. Bruce, 31, is 13-for-43 (.302) with three home runs, three doubles, and six RBI since coming off the disabled list for plantar...
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Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets last night and clearly did not have his best stuff for the majority of the night as he allowed 12 hits and walked five (four unintentionally). However, the 26-year-old right-hander battled through his command issues to help get his 11th victory of the season. In the first inning, Syndergaard got through the side with little trouble, with a Wilson Ramos walk...
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