3 UP 1. Starting Pitching Is Looking Up With the Mets poor start, they had little choice but to pin their hopes on the rotation improving when Seth Lugo and Steven Matz returned from the Disabled List. Finally, in this series, Lugo and Matz were activated off the Disabled List and were great. In fact, the entire Mets rotation was great. The worst start the Mets got was five shut out innings...
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The difference between the Mets and Braves last night was Dansby Swanson. Swanson made a number of great plays in the field. In the third, he made an incredible diving catch on a Michael Conforto sinking liner to start an inning ending double play. In the eighth, Swanson went deep into the hole to field what should’ve been a sure Wilmer Flores single turning it into an out. Swanson killed...
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3 UP 1. There’s Still Fight In This Team It’s easy to get despondent about this team. The starters are having nightmare seasons. The bullpen is undermanned and overworked. Despite all of this, the Mets still fight. Down five against Matt Bush and his 1.37 ERA, the Mets rallied hitting two homers scoring three runs. They had runners on first and second with no outs, but they could not...
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If the Mets are being honest with us, which they’re not, they would just say they will not consider promoting Amed Rosario to the Majors until they are comfortable he would not be a Super Two player. If Rosario were to be a Super Two player, he would be eligible for arbitration a year earlier. That would have financial ramifications for both as it would increase his salary from the $500...
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According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network, the Mets are considering using a six-man rotation on a short term basis, which could include either Robert Gsellman or Tyler Pill. Certainly, part of that decision has been predicated on the Mets playing a doubleheader on Saturday,but according to Morosi, the six-man rotation could be used past this weekend. The idea of using Gsellman as a closer has been...
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