Taijuan Walker entered Wednesday night’s start with a 7.74 ERA since the All-Star break. His regression since being named to his first NL All-Star team has been well documented. For the Mets, this fall has been at the center of their second-half slide. For Walker, one can only imagine the frustration that he has gone through over these past two months. Since July 18, the Mets had gone 2-10...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Elieser Hernandez (1-3, 4.24 ERA) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (7-11, 4.57 ERA) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 The Mets had their first great day of baseball in forever yesterday! Too bad they already clinched a losing record for the season. However, there were some high, personal points for players. Yesterday the Mets beat the...
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Francisco Lindor is playing like a $341 million man. Since the start of September, Lindor is batting closer to his career averages and has been the Mets’ second-best hitter behind Javier Baez. Lindor has batted to the tune of .258/.352/.559 through 25 September games with eight home runs and 21 RBI. Lindor’s 15-game rolling average of WRC+ peaked at 185 on Sept. 18, and it currently...
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For the New York Mets, third base was a revolving door in the early years of the franchise. From Don Zimmer to Ed Charles, from Wayne Garrett to Lenny Randle, from Richie Hebner to Ty Wigginton, the Mets were always searching for a solution at the hot corner. That search ended on July 21, 2004, when David Wright made his major league debut. The young man from Norfolk, VA, who grew up a Mets fan,...
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Marcus Stroman recorded his 10th win of the season Tuesday afternoon against Miami. The 30-year-old is now 10-13 in 33 starts and reached the 10-win plateau for the first time since 2017 when he was 13-9 for the Blue Jays. Stroman pitched five of seven innings against the Marlins. He allowed five hits, two runs, walked two, and struck out four. Stroman reached first base on an error and stole...
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Noah Syndergaard made his long-promised return to Citi Field. Two years older and a torn UCL later, Thor brought his thunder back to Queens. Syndergaard pitched just one inning Tuesday night and it was glorious. Now sitting at 96 miles per hour with his fastball Syndergaard went three up and three down. Ten pitches, nine strikes, two strikeouts, 730 days in the making. Armed with just his...
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