Author: Matt Musico

Although the New York Mets couldn’t beat the San Diego Padres before they skipped town on Sunday afternoon, it was a positive weekend in Queens. Manager Luis Rojas watched his club take two of three from one of the National League’s best teams, and New York’s 32-25 record is still comfortably atop the NL East standings. One thing that’s been impressive about the Mets in...

The New York Mets’ bullpen has been a surprisingly strong area of the roster through the first two months of the 2021 regular season. Entering Thursday’s off day, manager Luis Rojas’ relief corps owns a cumulative 3.1 fWAR. That’s the best in baseball, and it’s even more impressive when realizing it’s been done in the second-fewest innings (192, to be exact)....

The New York Mets entered the trickiest portion of their regular-season schedule to this point over the weekend by visiting the San Diego Padres for four games. Splitting this series says a lot about this squad, especially since they’re still limited by an incredible number of injuries to impact players. This test isn’t over yet — after a short two-game set in Baltimore against...

A day after getting yet another dominant performance from Jacob deGrom, the New York Mets turned to Marcus Stroman to try and salvage a split of their four-game series against the San Diego Padres. As he’s done for virtually the entire season, Stroman didn’t disappoint. He ended up allowing just one run on four hits, four walks, and seven strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work. This was...

After winning two of three against the Arizona Diamondbacks to start their nine-game road trip, the first-place New York Mets continue heading west to take on the San Diego Padres. When looking beyond this series and into the following weekend/week — along with looking back at what New York has done thus far — this is going to be the Mets’ first big test of 2021. Manager Luis...