Hansel Robles threw two no-hit innings against the Washington Nationals yesterday afternoon. Before that, he had allowed at least two runs in four of his previous six appearances. Before that, he had allowed only one run in 14.2 innings. No word describes Robles better than “inconsistent,” an adjective you don’t want describing you if you’re a relief pitcher. The...
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When the season began, Jacob deGrom made one goal clear: He wanted to pitch 200 innings in 2017. It’s now the end of September and he has succeeded. After pitching six strong frames against the Nationals Sunday afternoon, deGrom sits at 201.1 innings on the season. He officially reached the mark when he struck out Trea Turner for the second out in the fourth inning. He spoke to reporters...
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The Washington Nationals (94-61) defeated the New York Mets (66-89) by a score of 3-2 at Citi Field Sunday afternoon. Pitching Jacob deGrom started for the Mets needing 14 outs to reach his goal of pitching 200 innings in the regular season (he had pitched 216 innings in 2015 including the playoffs). After striking out five Nationals in the first two innings, Trea Turner touched him up for a...
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It has been a while since the Mets have had legitimate offensive production out of the catcher position. On this date 16 years ago, Mike Piazza hit a game-winning home run against the Braves just ten days after 9/11. While expecting Piazza numbers out of your catcher, or anyone for that matter, is unreasonable, is 2006 Paul Lo Duca too much to ask for? In the month of September, Mets catchers...
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It’s been years since fans got excited about Harvey Day. What used to be a holiday is now a topic that draws rants from Mets fans. How can someone that was so good now be pitching so bad? Will we ever get Harvey back? Will he learn to pitch with diminished velocity? “There is no reason for questions, there are no answers,” Harvey said after his last start. “You are going to write what you...
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