After a rough 1-5 road trip, the Mets (17-20) head home for a quick three game homestead against the last place team in the NL East, the Miami Marlins (10-27). The last time these two teams met was in Miami to open the month of April. Despite some shaky bullpen work, the Mets won all three games. As expected, the Marlins have been the worst team in the MLB as they hold a 2.5 game lead on the...
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They say that having too much depth is a good problem to have. But a good problem is still a problem and the Mets have been staring down this specific problem ever since Brodie Van Wagenen signed Jed Lowrie back in January. Once Lowrie came aboard, the Mets featured a roster with eight major league-caliber infielders and only four spots to play them. Actually if you include Luis Guillorme and...
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The big storyline heading into the series with the Padres was Chris Paddack’s remarks about Pete Alonso. In Round One of what may prove to be a rivalry going forward, Paddack got the better of Alonso striking him out twice and getting him to pop out. After the game, Alonso was clearly bitter about the events. At the time, Alonso had not been playing well at all. Over the 13 game stretch,...
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The New York Mets need some wins. After meandering through the first (almost) quarter of the season at a sub-.500 pace (17-20, third place in the National League East as of Thursday evening), the New York Mets have a golden opportunity ahead of them. Beginning Friday at Citi Field versus the Miami Marlins (10-27; the worst team in baseball), the Mets’ next three series opponents have a...
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Today I am joined by Matt Cerrone of SNY’s Metsblog. We talk about Mickey Callaway’s job status, how the New York media treats the Mets vs. the Yankees, and if the league is tampering with the baseball to change the game for the next generation of fans. [iframe]<iframe...
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Syracuse (19-14) 6, Louisville (14-20) 5 Box Score RHP Casey Coleman (0-2, 3.29 ERA): 4.1 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, BB, K RHP Tim Peterson (1-3, 2.63 ERA): 1.2 IP, 2 K LHP P.J. Conlon (1-0, 0.00 ERA): IP, H, BB, K Coleman took the hill for Syracuse and slogged through 4 1/3 innings of work against Louisville. He allowed baserunners in every inning but managed to escape jams and only allow two runs to cross...
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