The Mets were just swept by the Nationals. A week before they were swept by the lowly Braves. They had lost 11 of their last 17 games and were in a stretch where they had scored only nine runs over their past five games. Then the Mets came home to Citi Field to host the Chicago Cubs. John Lackey started the series opener and he was dealing, firing 5.1 shutout innings against a lifeless Mets...
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In many ways it is fitting that James Loney was assigned the number 28 by the Mets. Loney is a left-handed contact hitter that has been pressed into action at first base after the Mets lost Lucas Duda to a back injury. Throughout their careers, Loney and Daniel Murphy have been very similar hitters. Coming into this season, Loney was a career .285/.338/.411 hitter who averaged 25 doubles and...
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T.J. Rivera, Travis Taijeron, and Gabriel Ynoa were named to the 2016 Pacific Coast League All-Star team. Rivera was signed out of Troy University as an undrafted free agent in 2011. This is Rivera’s second year playing in Las Vegas. He has split time between first, second, third, and left field while hitting .361/.400/.521 with seven homers and 52 RBI. He was previously named the Pacific Coast...
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Over the course of a full 162 game schedule, it is extremely rare that a team is able to get through a season with just five starting pitchers. In most cases anywhere between 8-12 pitchers will make starts in an average season. We are reminded of that with the news that Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard are both dealing with bone spurs in their pitching elbows. Apparently, the situation is worse...
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As the 2015 season began, the Mets finally had reason to hope. The main reason for that was Jacob deGrom and the return of Matt Harvey. There was also the expectation that the Mets would also get contributions from prospects Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz, but no one knew what, if anything, either could contribute in 2015, it was all about deGrom and Harvey. Seemingly out of nowhere, deGrom...
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