We have a special edition of the Talkin’ Mets podcast today as Mets Hall-of-Fame catcher Mike Piazza joins the show. Mike’s career is so much more than just the Roger Clemens beaning and the 9-11 home run. He talks about coming up and replacing Mike Scioscia, how catching analytics would view his defense, collisions at home plate, and playing first base. Mike also remembers the challenges...
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Will the Mets prove to be contenders, or slip further into oblivion as pretenders? Well, over the next few weeks we will find out. New York is hooked up to life support and is hanging by a thread. With their win on Saturday, the Mets currently sit 6.5 games out of first place and five games out of the second wild card spot. After a rough west coast road trip, the team has been able to bounce...
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On Sunday morning, Mets’ manager Mickey Callaway told the media that the team will consider playing Michael Conforto or Jeff McNeil in center field more often to get J.D. Davis and Dominic Smith in the lineup, and that Robinson Cano will play “as much as he can” at second base, per Zack Braziller of the New York Post. With the return of Cano from the injured list, McNeil will be forced to return...
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Currently sitting at 34-37, the Mets have 21 more games until the All-Star break and 38 games until the trade deadline. During that span, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and company will be keeping a very close eye on the team, as they have to figure out whether they want to be buyers or sellers. Unless the Mets start winning games at a clip that puts them far above .500, it may be wise for...
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The New York Mets (34-37) were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals (36-34) by a score of 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. Met-killer Paul DeJong slammed a go-ahead home run in the top of the 8th inning to give the Cardinals the only lead they’d need. Pitching Jason Vargas started for the Mets and, with the exception of one pitch to Paul Goldschmidt, was solid. Over four innings,...
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Jason Vargas exited this Sunday afternoon’s game in the middle of his own at-bat during the bottom of the fourth inning with a left calf cramp. Before leaving the game, his command was not as sharp as recent outings but he was able to limit the damage to just two earned runs. He threw four innings, allowing just one hit with three walks and four strikeouts in 66 pitches. After a rough start to...
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