Despite facing dominant pitching from Tyler Glasnow and Logan Webb, the Mets clawed their way back to win their final game and split their road trip 3-3. They return home for a six-game homestand with renewed offensive confidence, especially with the imminent return of slugger J.D. Martinez. The 36-year-old Martinez, who finalized a one-year, $12 million contract in late March, will finally make...
Talk about a productive road trip for the New York Mets. The Mets finished .500 on their West Coast swing. During that span, they took 2 of 3 from the juggernaut Dodgers, before avoiding the sweep against the Giants. All in all, some positive trends continued to emerge. However, some red flags did appear as it pertains to one or two fatal flaws that may ensure this is nothing better than a .500...
During the offseason, the New York Mets took a chance and signed right-hander Luis Severino to a one-year, $13 million contract, hoping he could recapture his old dominant form from his days with the Yankees. In Tuesday night’s loss against the San Francisco Giants, Severino didn’t get the win but showed flashes of dominance. The right-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced before a...
Brett Baty was a pleasant surprise for the first two weeks of the season, but an injury and a mini-slump has seen his batting average dip 58 points in the last 10 days. It’s early, and for most players this isn’t something that would be notable, but after a disappointing rookie year for the top prospect any signs of struggle are a cause for concern. Baty, 24, was slashing...
What a weekend full of ups and downs for the New York Mets in Los Angeles. New York took two of three from the Dodgers to win a fifth straight series. That was the good. However, the team was hit with bad news on the injury front. Furthermore, there is legitimate concern over the backend of the rotation. And there are now question marks over how the offense and the bullpen will cope without two...
The Mets are coming off a scorching hot week where they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates and took two out of three in Los Angeles against the Dodgers, finishing the week with a 5-1 record while improving to 12-9 on the season. The offense kept the train rolling for the Mets, scoring 33 runs (5.5 per game), including two nine-run performances in back-to-back days. Offensive Player of the Week:...
Arguably the biggest takeaway to emerge from the Pirates series is the fact that the New York Mets just played really fundamentally sound baseball. They also got the basics right and handled their business on the way to clinching their first series sweep of the year. And, just like that, the Mets have won 10 of 13 and now have four consecutive series wins. New York will head to LA riding a...
At first glance, this version of Luis Severino didn’t look much different from last year’s version. As he gave up the most hits (11) that any Mets pitcher has ever given up in a debut, you could hear the “I told you so” grumbles from those who thought the veteran right-hander was finished. Regardless of what you think about the Mets investing in their minor-league...
What a very, very, very special weekend at Citi Field. Not only was one of the best players in franchise history honored, but the New York Mets also clinched the series against the Kansas City Royals on Doc Gooden Day. It is worth repeating that the Royals were red hot coming into Queens. They were winners of seven straight, with the bats causing plenty of damage. However, the Mets again got...
The Mets’ offense came to life in a huge way on Friday night against the Royals, who came into Citi Field on a seven-game win streak. The Mets struck for six runs on 14 hits and won the game 6-1. Two of those runs came from Brett Baty, who hit a scorching double (104.2 mph) with two outs in the fifth to extend the Mets’ lead over the Royals to 5-1. He also hit a single in the fourth inning that...
That was more like it from the New York Mets. Considering that Atlanta is normally a house of horrors for the Mets, a split of what was originally a four-game set with the Braves would have been considered a nice bonus. Instead, the Mets got a timely explosion from their offense that enabled them to absolutely beat the tar out of their NL East rivals as they took two out of three to improve to...
Overall, the New York Mets have played a competitive series so far against the Atlanta Braves, but their starting pitchers have still not been able to go past five innings. That continued Tuesday when Adrian Houser only went five innings in his second start with the club, with the Braves scoring runs in three of the first four innings. The Braves’ top three were a thorn in Houser’s...
