Aaron Loup and Jerad Eickhoff combined to throw 4 2/3 innings of work Sunday afternoon in the New York Mets’ first-half finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates. There was some talk about Jacob deGrom potentially working in an opener type of role since he’d have a long layoff between his last start and his next one to open up the second half, but that didn’t happen. New...

Yes, Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates wasn’t pretty, but it also wasn’t indicative of the first half the New York Mets just finished up as All-Stars descend on Colorado for the midsummer classic. New York currently owns a 47-40 record and a 3.5-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. Outside of the Phillies entering the break with an...

AAA: Syracuse Mets (19-40) 9, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (37-20) 8  Box Score J.D. Davis DH: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB, K, SB, .233/.425/.500 Patrick Mazeika C: 2-for-6, R, HR, 2 RBI, 3 K, .309/.338/.500 Mason Williams LF: 2-for-6, 2 RBI, .329/.389/.471 Despite striking out 14 times, the Mets offense had a strong afternoon as they put up nine runs on 11 hits. Mazeika and Drew Jackson both homered...

With the tenth overall pick, the Mets took Kumar Rocker, RHP out of Vanderbilt University. Most did not expect Rocker to be sitting on the board for the Mets. Despite his struggles in the College World Series, Rocker’s track record+upside seemed like he would be a lock to be a Top-7 selection. The Mets will likely need to center the rest of their draft around Rocker but wow, is this one...