The New York Mets are a little more than one month into this baseball season, and there have been many storylines which have emerged. Recently, one of the storylines has been how their young players, have been performing. Right now, their battle to become the Mets first baseman of the future has intensified. While this has been heating up, we have seen the Mets shortstops in the majors and...
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3 UP 1. Mets Are in First Place The Mets were propelled by a sizzling 12-2 start to help propel them to a 17-9 record and a 1.5 game lead in the division. More than that, the Mets have a 4.5 game lead over the Washington Nationals. The last time the Mets had were in first place with a 4.5 game lead over the Nationals was 2015. In fact, this is just the third time in the Mets 56 year history they...
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Last week was just the latest week in the unfathomably great start Peter Alonso has had to the 2018 season. During the week, Alonso was 12-for-22 with eight runs, a double, four homers, eight walks and eight RBI. During that stretch, Alonso not only registered a hit in all six games, but he also drew a walk in all five of the six games as well. Currently, he is the middle of a seven game hitting...
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Right now, the Mets are in the midst of their toughest stretch of the season. They have lost three of their last four series. Matt Harvey was removed from the rotation due to ineffectiveness, and he has not made positive strides in the bullpen. The catching situation is a mess. Really, when you are in a rut like this, the list you could compile goes on and on. However, even with these...
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3 UP 1. Off the Snide Put aside the Padres being a last place team who has struggled to hit. The Mets made a trip to the West Coast having lost three straight series. Moreover, they were going to a place of horrors for them. After all, this is the place Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron dove into each other. Since Petco Park opened in 2004, the Mets had won just one series there, and that was...
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