One step forward. One step backwards. One step forward. One step backwards. For a good portion of the Mets season, immediately after the Mets take a step forward – they take a step backwards back into their previous situation but with less time. A few days ago the Mets won and put themselves 1.5 games out of the wild card spot. Then they lost. Then they won again and put themselves 1.5 games out...
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Former Mets general manager Sandy Alderson is likely to return to the Mets in some capacity, according to Andy Martino of SNY. This comes as a result of the ownership change that was recently confirmed, and will be one of likely many organizational moves that come under Steve Cohen’s tenure. Martino notes that Alderson’s role will “probably not” be as GM. It is still unclear whether Brodie Van...
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When the Mets acquired Edwin Diaz along with Robinson Cano from the Seattle Mariners in December 2018, there were a lot of fans that were frustrated with the package of prospects sent to Seattle, but at the same time excited about the potential Diaz brought to the back-end of the Mets bullpen. He had an incredible 2018 season in Seattle, when he led the league with 57 saves while also posting a...
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After two straight unfortunate starts, David Peterson redeemed himself as the second most reliable pitcher in the Mets’ starting rotation, picking up his fifth win of the season with his dominant performance over the first place Braves on Saturday evening. Peterson went six innings, gave up one run, struck out 10, and only allowed three hits to the impressive Braves offense. He did walk four,...
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They had been here before. In fact, twice before. For each of the previous two seasons, the Mets entered September in position to reach the playoffs, only to find tremendous difficulty getting there. In 1998, Bobby Valentine’s team was entrenched in a three-team battle for the Wild Card, a nose ahead of the Cubs and Giants with five games remaining. The Mets lost those final five and were...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, Jacob deGrom had a surprisingly poor outing, only lasting two innings while giving up three runs before exiting with right hamstring spasms. However, Michael Wacha picked him up with four innings of one-run baseball in long relief to keep the team in the game. This performance wound up paying off as J.D. Davis and Andres Gimenez helped mount a late comeback...
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