By Tim Ryder New York Mets right-hander Marcus Stroman is clearly getting better acclimated to his new surroundings. After pitching to a 5.05 ERA with 37 strikeouts, 14 walks, an uncharacteristic 44.2% groundball rate, and 1.77 home runs allowed per nine (seven dingers, in total) over his first seven starts with the Mets (35.2 innings), the 28-year-old Medford, Long Island native came into the...
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As Tim Healey of Newsday noted earlier this week (an excellent read), New York Mets shortstop Amed Rosario has finally brought his production levels up to the major league mean, as evidenced by his 100-on-the-nose wRC+ heading into Sunday’s series finale at Cincinnati. A lot has been said about the Mets’ former top-prospect and his at-times slow trudge to this point, but at this...
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After Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark, the New York Mets’ deficit to capture an unlikely National League Wild Card spot increased to four games. With Milwaukee’s 10-1 shellacking of the Pirates on Saturday night, that gap widened to 4.5 games. Regardless of that disappointing outcome, the Mets’ inability to take advantage of a number...
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The New York Mets lost a close one to the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, 3-2, dropping them four games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the second NL Wild Card spot heading into Saturday night’s games (box score). Zack Wheeler went seven strong innings (109 pitches; 75 strikes), allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits, striking out six with two walks and a hit batsman. The right-hander...
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With just three-and-a-half games separating themselves and the Milwaukee Brewers for the second National League Wild Card spot heading into Friday’s series opener in Cincinnati, the New York Mets are involved — albeit on the fringe — in a postseason race. As SNY’s Gary Cohen said during Friday night’s telecast, immediately following an MLB postseason promo (nice...
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