During Saturday night’s broadcast on FOX, it was announced that New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway told reporters ahead of the game that, at this current juncture, J.D. Davis would be in line to start the 2020 season as the Mets’ left fielder. After experiencing a breakout season at the plate, slashing .307/.368/.522 with 21 homers, 22 doubles, 55 RBIs, and a 135 wRC+ over 446...
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By Tim Ryder Major League Baseball has a new rookie home run king. With his 53rd homer of the season — a third-inning, 106.1 MPH exit velocity, 415-foot solo home run into the centerfield seats at Citi Field in Flushing — New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso broke his tie with Aaron Judge (52, 2017) for most home runs by a rookie in major league history. After taking his position...
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Saturday, September 28, 2019 • 7:15 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Mike Foltynewicz (8-5, 4.46) vs. LHP Steven Matz (10-10, 4.37) FOX • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM On Friday night, Pete Alonso tied Aaron Judge for the rookie home run record at 52 bombs. Now Pete has two more games this season to break the record. Besides that, 2019 continues to wind down at Citi Field as Marcus Stroman made...
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While we all would have loved to have had the easy decision of rooting for the New York Mets in the 2019 postseason, they have unfortunately failed to make it for the third consecutive year. With that being the case, Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers have both made the postseason as Wild Card teams while the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Dodgers fill out the rest...
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The Mets 2019 season has been a failure. When Brodie Van Wagenen was hired he promised to win now and made moves this offseason to do so. Not only did it not work, he doubled down on this strategy midseason by trading for Marcus Stroman. By missing the playoffs Van Wagenen’s first season as GM has to be seen as a failure. That’s not the whole story though. By all past measures, there...
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By John Sheridan Michael Conforto would put it off for a day, but now, the Mets are officially eliminated from postseason contention. With the Mets falling short in the fashion they have, there are a number of what-ifs which occurred during the course of the season. One of those what-ifs is what if the Mets didn’t blow this game or lose that game. While there were several of those games in...
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