Wednesday, August 26, 2020 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Jacob deGrom (2-0, 1.93) vs. RHP Elieser Hernandez (1-0, 2.29) SNY • MLBN • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM Whoa. Last night was bleak. The Mets finally returned to baseball last night with two seven-inning doubleheaders against the Marlins. The first game, which was mercifully delayed by a storm, was terrible from the start. The...
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The New York Mets returned to action last night after a five-day layoff which began when two members of their traveling party tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Looking around the league nearly every team has had their schedule impacted by the Coronavirus in some capacity, as positive tests continue to pop up. In hopes of avoided those types of scheduling and competitive complications...
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We here at Metsmerized have been following along with Andres Gimenez’s performance since the beginning of the season. From carving a role for himself in his first MLB start to advocating that his time is now to analyzing whether he should continue getting starts to even garnering ROY attention, we have kept you covered on all things Gimenez. But with that, we pose the question — what...
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Mets right-hander Seth Lugo made and his first start since 2018 on Tuesday night against the Marlins, and he was perfect. Lugo, starting for the first time since June 25, 2018, needed only 39 pitches to navigate three perfect innings with five strikeouts. Manager Luis Rojas said before the game Lugo could go 50-60 pitches, but he went to the bullpen a little earlier and they failed him in the...
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Sliders are all the rage nowadays. We have Rob Friedman to thank for that. Friedman, more commonly known by his Twitter handle Pitching Ninja, has made a name for himself by posting GIFs of physics-defying pitches during the last couple of seasons. On his account, he’s highlighted certain hurlers that he’s found interesting. Chaz Roe owes Friedman a bottle of wine. Roe, a reliever...
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Rick Porcello started the month of August on such a high note, yielding just one run across seven innings pitched against the Washington Nationals. After another quality start his next time out, it appeared Porcello had turned the corner. Unfortunately maybe that was not the case after all. Porcello closed out the month of August with two lackluster performances, as all the hits he has given up...
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