Every contending big-league team could use some veteran leadership both on the field and in the clubhouse. It remains to be seen if the New York Mets will actually challenge for a playoff spot as spring turns into summer, but they’re at least giving themselves a shot. Although New York enters the first phase of the 2019 Subway Series with a 32-33 record, they’re just five games...
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Through his first month in the orange and blue, J.D. Davis put together solid offensive numbers in limited playing time. Since then, though? His performance hasn’t been nearly as productive. Davis accumulated 74 plate appearances in March/April for the Mets and slashed an impressive .302/.405/.508 with three home runs, eight RBI, and 12 runs scored. This was also accompanied by a 14.9%...
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There haven’t been too many constants for the New York Mets so far this season. One player that has been a constant source of both production and optimism is first baseman Pete Alonso. The right-handed slugger was likely (read: definitely) ready for big-league play after not getting called up at the end of 2018, and he’s absolutely hit the ground running. Prior to Opening Day, I took...
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This is what happens when you’re fresh off a historically dominant season. New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom won the 2018 National League Cy Young award despite a 10-9 record because of an incredible 1.70 ERA, 2.78 SIERA, 32.2% strikeout rate, and 5.5% walk rate. This performance included 217 innings, a 9.0 fWAR, an All-Star nomination, a fifth-place finish in NL MVP voting, and 24...
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The 2019 MLB regular season is still pretty young. It’s also Memorial Day, though, which is one of those arbitrary checkpoints when it comes to looking at player and team stats. With just about two months of games in the books, the whole “small sample size” argument continues to lose significance. For the New York Mets, their greatest perceived strength heading into this season...
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