Over his previous seven starts (42.1 innings), New York Mets left-hander, Steven Matz, produced at an extremely high level, pitching to a 1.94 ERA with 42 strikeouts, 14 walks, and 1.11 WHIP. The 28-year-old’s 0.9 wins above replacement ranked 11th among qualified National League starters over that span. A corner had been turned for a hurler the Mets had long hoped would take that step....
Read More
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (77-73) left Citi Field on Sunday with their postseason hopes hanging by a thread, as they stood four games back of a Wild Card. The one silver lining was that 10 of their final 13 games were against teams that already had lost at least 85 games. However, no game is a guaranteed win and the Colorado Rockies (66-85) proved that by beating the Mets 9-4 to...
Read More
The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies by a score of 9-4 (Box Score). Coming off a heart breaking loss on Sunday night, the Mets did not fair any better with their backs against the wall. Steven Matz took the bump tonight and intially pitched well until an ugly fourth inning. Despite pitching with a three-run lead, Matz completely fell apart in the frame walking-two, giving up a...
Read More
Noah Syndergaard will finally get his wish. According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Rene Rivera will catch Syndergaard for his start on Wednesday. With Tomas Nido catching Steven Matz on Monday, Ramos will have two games off during the Colorado Series this week. A story in the New York Post last week reported that Syndergaard was unhappy throwing to Ramos. Though he later cleared the air and...
Read More
On the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Andrew Claudio of Gotham SN and MMO’s Tim Ryder lament the New York Mets’ current position in the NL Wild Card standings and wonder aloud what in the world MLB and Joe Torre are thinking with regards to the Mets wearing caps honoring 9/11. We include some obligatory Noah Syndergaard/Wilson Ramos chat and we touch on Zack Wheeler’s...
Read More
As per Mike Puma of the New York Post, New York Mets right-hander Robert Gsellman (torn right lateral muscle) appears to be getting closer to activation off the 10-day injured list. The four-year MLB veteran threw a bullpen session on Saturday and will throw another “in the coming days”, as per Puma. Gsellman, 26, hit the IL on August 17 with what was originally reported as right...
Read More
