There are few things that are cooler than finding out that one of your favorite celebs are also diehard fans of your favorite team. If you are also a Coheed and Cambria fan, I’m sure one guy comes straight to your mind when you read that — Josh Eppard. Josh is an active participant on #MetsTwitter, sharing his thoughts on the team and also engaging with other Mets fans. I had the...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Before we get into the baseball news, I just want to say that I hope everyone reading this is doing well during this difficult time, mentally and physically. Times like these can really test people’s limits and I hope everyone is staying safe and practicing social distancing, so that together we can flatten the curve and get baseball back sooner rather than later!...
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The Mets drafted starter David Peterson with the 20th pick in the 2017 draft. The 6’6” left-hander was seen as a polished arm that could make it to the big leagues quickly. He was throwing his fastball from 89-94 mph with an above average slider as his best secondary. Peterson’s workload was light during his pro debut after throwing over 100 innings for Oregon that year. He...
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The Mets sent RHP Tyler Bashlor, infielder Andres Gimenez and catcher Ali Sanchez down to Triple-A Syracuse on Friday. Bashlor, 26, ended his short spring with an 11.57 ERA and a WHIP of 2.571. Last season Bashlor put up a 6.96 ERA in the majors. Gimenez, 21, finished the spring with a slash line of .214/.290/.393. With the depth that the Mets have in their infield, Gimenez’s role with the...
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The latest installment of our continuing series showcasing notable Mets broadcasts features a pivotal point in the run to the National League pennant twenty years ago. After dropping the opener in the best-of-five versus the San Francisco Giants, the team with the NL’s best regular-season record in 2000, New York could ill afford to dig itself an 0-2 hole. It was incumbent on starter Al...
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When we last left off with baseball games, Guillorme was competing with Eduardo Nunez for one of the last roster spots on the Mets bench (Jed Lowrie’s spot because even a delayed season is not going to be enough time for him to get ready). When I originally wrote most of this article in February, this spot felt like Guillorme’s to lose. I had no faith in Nunez’s health. When...
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