Over the weekend, beloved New York Mets radio announcer, Howie Rose, posed the following question: Conforto, Smith, McNeil, Alonso. Is this the best group of four homegrown offensive players ever produced by the Mets? Discuss among yourselves. — Howie Rose (@HowieRose) September 12, 2020 That began a spirited debate on the ol’ Twitter machine, and it’s spilled out over to MMO,...
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With two weeks left in the 2020 MLB regular season, the New York Mets continue making it hard for us to envision them being a part of the playoffs in October. You know what’s not hard to envision right now, though? Jacob deGrom winning his third consecutive Cy Young Award. Through 54 innings, the right-hander has continued looking like the pitcher we’ve loved watching every fifth day...
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The New York Mets have their issues as we stare down the final few weeks of the 2020 regular season. However, one of them is not the offensive production players who grace the outfield grass. Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto are the two constants, with a consistent revolving door for the third given the night. Even though he’s played his fair share of first base, Dominic Smith has still racked...
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Well, the early results are in: the “Seth Lugo Starter Experience, Part II” is going quite well. The New York Mets resisted inserting the right-hander back into the rotation in recent years when it would’ve made sense because he’s been such a huge piece of the team’s bullpen. However, injuries, opt-outs, and lack of performance from other rotation members finally forced it to happen in 2020....
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So who had Robinson Canó being the proud owner of a 1.074 OPS and 186 wRC+ halfway through the New York Mets’ shortened season on their 2020 bingo card? I sure didn’t, but I’m welcoming this development with open arms anyways. It was encouraging to watch Canó get his 2020 campaign off to a hot start (.412/.462/.559 through 39 plate appearances). Once he hit the injured list, though, I was...
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