The Mets (50-61) lost to the Texas Rangers (54-59) this afternoon at Citi Field by a score of Pitching: Rafael Montero got the nod for the Mets this afternoon and had another miserable outing, laboring through 87 pitches in the first three innings, making New York dip into its bullpen early again. Shin-Soo Choo doubled to leadoff the ball game and advanced to third on an infield hit from Nomar...
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It wasn’t seamless, but Chris Flexen earned his first victory as a New York Met this season. Coming into the season with seven viable starting pitcher options, no one expected to see Flexen taking the ball every fifth day in August. “I wasn’t expecting it this soon,” Flexen said before his first big-league start against the Padres at Petco Park on July 27, “I hoped to be up here, whenever...
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There was recently a question posed on Twitter, “If you could choose to go back in time and give any player a clean bill of health, who would you choose?” Naturally, I thought of David Wright. As frustrating as it is from a sideline perspective to see Wright miss hundreds of games each year with a lot left of his contract, you have to sympathize for the guy. There’s no one that...
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Ike Davis once hit 32 home runs for the Mets in a season, but after New York traded him away in early 2014, the first baseman never found lasting success in the majors. The Mets shipped Davis off to Pittsburgh, instead deciding to keep Lucas Duda at first to clear the logjam at the position. The now 30-year-old spent one season with the Bucs, then made stops in Oakland and the Bronx before...
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It was a successful month of July for Mets first base prospects, as both Dominic Smith and Peter Alonso took home Player of the Month honors. Smith, 22, was awarded Pacific Coast League Player of the Month after hitting .385 (42-for-109) with eight home runs and 26 RBI. The Mets No. 2 overall prospect according to MLB Pipeline also led the PCL with 28 runs scored, while coming in second in...
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