After Rick Porcello’s last few starts, not much was expected in Wednesday night’s game against the Nationals. Yet, the Mets were in for a pleasant surprise when Porcello went seven innings only allowing one run and five hits on his way to picking up his 150th career win. Over the seven innings, Porcello pitched 56 strikes on 81 pitches bringing his WHIP down to 1.77, which is a major...
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3 UP 1.Robinson Cano’s hot streak Before last night’s game when he exited with “left groin tightness”, Cano was a bright light in the rather disappointing series against the Braves as he had eight hits in the four-game series. Over the past four days, he had a .615 batting average with a 1.548 OPS. This is great news for the Mets as the 37-year-old had a slow...
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After Michael Wacha’s solid start on July 27, something similar was expected in his start against the Braves last night. Sadly that was not the case as the 29-year-old pitcher gave up seven hits with five runs over four innings pitched. Out of the 91 pitches, 35 were balls making his WHIP a tragic 2.25, which includes the two walks he allowed. Eventually, Wacha was relieved by Franklyn Kilome...
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David Peterson, the Mets 2017 first-round draft pick, got the call last minute that he would be starting in Tuesday’s game against the Red Sox. In the 8-3 victory, Peterson lived up to manager Luis Rojas’ earlier statement describing the young pitcher as a player who has “poise, maturity, and pitchability” as he had a very solid MLB debut. Peterson threw 78 pitches, 51.3% of which were...
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Over the past few days, reports of COVID-19 infections at different MLB sites have been rising. After the news broke of 17 Miami Marlins players testing positive for the illness the MLB offices have been scrambling to find a way to continue the season safely. Will Feuer of CNBC has reported that New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has invited Major League Baseball teams to come play...
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