Remember last week when I talked about how many New York Mets players were on the injured list? Unfortunately, the list has grown since Thursday, with the additions of Pete Alonso, Tommy Hunter, and Taijuan Walker. It’s hard to believe this list of players currently on the shelf is real: Mets on the injured list Pete Alonso Tommy Hunter Taijuan Walker Kevin Pillar Michael ConfortoJeff...
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The New York Mets (21-19, first place in the National League East) return home to Citi Field to play host to manager Bud Black’s Colorado Rockies (18-29, fourth place in the National League West) for four games beginning Monday night. The Mets are coming from a three-game series against the Marlins in which they lost two of three. The Mets posted a record of 3-6 on their recently completed...
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If I told you that in the last week of May, the Mets would be in first place and above .500, you’d have signed up for that, right? Of course you would. Well, that’s where we’re at, but man, is it ugly right now. The team is decimated by injury. Decimated may not even be a strong enough word to accurately describe the current situation. Ravaged maybe? Devastated? I digress. It’s hard, if not...
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The Mets’ lack of depth showed this series, pushing across just eight runs in three games (two in the final two games) against the Marlins, as the team dropped two of three to the Fish. The Mets finished their nine-game road trip 3-6, placing six more players on the injured list during that time. Yet, here we are at the end of the series talking about how the Mets are still in first place...
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First of all, why not? The Mets have been so ravaged by injuries lately that they need all the help they can get in order to stay afloat until they get some of their regulars back. And, versatile utility man Dee Strange-Gordon might just be the perfect low-risk, high-reward move they could make. Strange-Gordon was released by the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend after signing a minor league...
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The Mets needed a knight in shining armor to get them through the end of their road trip. Instead, they got Jordan Yamamoto. And he wasn’t exactly heroic. The 25-year-old right-hander spent most of his time down in Triple-A before Sunday, posting a 3.82 ERA and a 1.65 WHIP over 9.2 innings. These statistics were a positive sign for Yamamoto, who had an abysmal shortened season in 2020 throwing...
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