3 UP 1. Marlins Real Owner If you ask Major League Baseball, they’ll tell you Derek Jeter owns the Miami Marlins. They’re wrong. Michael Conforto owns the Marlins. In the two game series, Conforto was 5-for-6 with two walks, a HBP, two homers, and three RBI. In five games against the Marlins, he’s hitting .588/.696/1.000 off of the Marlins. Long story short, he’s...
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The big storyline heading into the series with the Padres was Chris Paddack’s remarks about Pete Alonso. In Round One of what may prove to be a rivalry going forward, Paddack got the better of Alonso striking him out twice and getting him to pop out. After the game, Alonso was clearly bitter about the events. At the time, Alonso had not been playing well at all. Over the 13 game stretch,...
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3 UP 1. Off the Snide The Mets entered into this series in an unfathomably bad funk at the plate. With the exception of Jeff McNeil, no one was hitting. Specifically, Brandon Nimmo was in the midst of an 0-for-28 streak at the plate, and Robinson Cano was in the midst of an 0-for-14 streak at the plate. That’s how an offense averages under two runs per game in the beginning of May. On...
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The biggest headline coming into the series against the Padres was Chris Paddack’s comments about Pete Alonso. In those comments, Paddack acknowledged Alonso was a great player who deserved to be named the National League Player of the Month. He also said he was looking forward to facing Alonso and letting the matchup show who is the better player. Like everything, this took on a life of...
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ESPN’s Keith Law has released his first mock draft, and in his draft he has the Mets drafting Texas Tech third baseman Josh Jung. The 21 year old Junior is hitting .359/.491/.641 with 19 doubles, a triple, nine homers, and 48 RBI in 45 games played this year. He was a member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, and he earned five All American honors last season. Ultimately,...
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