How bout them New York Mets!? After putting their past June swoon’s behind them, Buck Showalter’s boys kept up their good play into the month of July. They took care of business against the Rangers, Reds, Marlins, Braves, and Cubs prior to the All-Star break. After a tough series against the Padres resulted in their only series loss of the month, they bounced right back. The Mets swept the Citi...
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After a mini-skid to open their series against the Padres, the Mets are now winners of six consecutive games, and are showing no signs of slowing down soon. Last week, the Mets swept a two game series from the Yankees, then flew down to Miami where they took three more wins from the Fish. Aside from winning baseball games, this is a very exciting time for the Mets, as they’ll look to add...
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3 UP Cleveland in July Last year, Mets fans were wondering if they’d ever see the Francisco Lindor the team got from Cleveland. They saw it when Lindor had a huge July with a .989 OPS. Well, it’s July again, and Lindor is hot again. In this series, he was 7-for-11 with two doubles, a homer, three walks, and three RBI. He had a .933 OPS this July. He’s not the only player from...
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In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between July 24 and July 30. Sunday, July 24, 2022 Padres vs. Mets Pete Alonso...
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It’s the Mets first trade deadline with general manager Billy Eppler. So far New York has made two trades, acquiring Daniel Vogelback from Pittsburgh and Tyler Naquin from Cincinnati. Last season at the deadline the Mets made a move to acquire Javier Baez and Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs for minor leaguer Pete Crow-Armstrong. This year the Mets have connected to the Cubs again,...
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The New York Mets swept the Miami Marlins on Sunday with a commanding 9-3 win in Miami. The Mets offense was red-hot Sunday, collecting 19 hits as a team. Three of those hits came off the bat of left fielder, Mark Canha. Canha was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs during New York’s win over Miami. Cahna’s first hit came in the first inning, an inning in which the Mets collected...
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