The only thing more unique than Mike Piazza’s journey to the Mets was the way in which he arrived in professional baseball. He was chosen in the 62nd round of the 1988 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a favor by manager Tommy Lasorda to his friend and Mike’s dad, Vince. All Piazza did in his first five seasons was bat .337 and average 33 homers and 105 RBIs—remarkable for any...
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Last week, the New York Mets entered one of their more difficult stretches of the season: four games against the always-pesky Cardinals and three-games in the cold, thin air of Denver, notoriously one of the toughest places for any visiting team to pick up a win. But like the Mets have been doing all season, the team continued to win, winning three of four against the Cards and defeating the...
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A source informed me on Sunday afternoon that the Mets were promoting St. Lucie right-handed pitchers Mike Vasil and Carson Seymour to High-A Brooklyn following their game with Tampa. Vasil, 22, was an eighth round selection out of Virginia for the Mets in last year’s draft. To date, Vasil has posted a 1.80 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP to go along with 37 strikeouts and 11 walks. Vasil is coming...
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3 UP Mets Still Have Starting Pitching With Jacob deGrom, Tylor Megill, and Max Scherzer down, in some corners of Mets fandom, there was a sky is falling mentality. To be fair, we’ve seen this plenty of times before over the past two decades. However, this Mets team actually built a deep rotation. We saw this in the series against the Colorado Rockies. It was all the more impressive...
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The New York Mets were able to secure yet another series win on Sunday, thanks in large part to the tremendous effort of Taijuan Walker. In the 2-0 win, Walker was able to toss seven scoreless innings, limiting the Rockies to only five hits and two walks, while collecting a season high six strikeouts. Walker faced early traffic on the basepaths, as the Rockies were able to get runners on the...
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Luis Guillorme is quietly having the most productive start to a season of his career at the plate. His bat has really come around in his fifth season with the Mets, and it has started to catch more attention throughout the month of May. Guillorme is hitting 10-for-18 over his past seven games, raising his OPS from .742 to .857 during that span. He has started five games over the past week,...
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