The New York Mets have given themselves an outside shot at playoff contention thanks to coming out of the gates strong following the All-Star Game. As a squad, they entered the midsummer respite with a 40-50 record that had them seven games behind the final National League wild-card spot. But a 15-6 stretch (against mostly subpar teams) since coming back from the break has led to a 55-56 overall...
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Noah Syndergaard is still on the Mets, you guys. And thank goodness, because it would’ve really been tough to have seen him wearing any other jersey right now (or ever, really). He turned in one of his most dominant performances of the season on the eve of the trade deadline against the Chicago White Sox: one run allowed on five hits, one walk, and 11 strikeouts in 7.1 innings of work. He...
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Lots of times, having success on the baseball diamond requires a player to block out all the outside noise around them. Kind of like how Billy Chapel “cleared the mechanism” in For the Love of the Game. The same thing holds true for baseball writers, too. The New York Mets reportedly acquiring Marcus Stroman was the last notification I expected to see Sunday evening. Even considering...
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So far this season, a lot has been said about Jeff McNeil’s offense (by myself and plenty of others). There’s good reason for that, too — the 2019 All-Star suffered through an 0-for-5 outing on Sunday, yet still leads all of baseball with a .339 average. Showing off his talent with the bat hasn’t been the only thing he’s done well this season, though. Part of...
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While it hasn’t been at the same level of other young players around baseball these days, New York Mets shortstop Amed Rosario is still showing signs of gradual improvement within the batter’s box. The 23-year-old’s first sign of significant improvement took place last summer, when his performance in August produced his first above-average month of production as a big leaguer,...
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