3 UP 1. Jake Still Great Last year, Jacob deGrom out-dueled Max Scherzer all season to claim his first career Cy Young Award. Both aces received the Opening Day start in the best Opening Day pitching match-up in recent memory. Scherzer was great striking out 12 over 7.2 innings. As great as he was, once again deGrom was better. Over six shutout innings, he struck out ten, and he got out of one...
Read More
Zack Wheeler struggled in his first start of the season. Granted, at times he looked very good with his 98 MPH fastball running in on hitters. That said, his command was not on point which made him easier to square up. Wheeler had a very similar start to Syndergaard in many ways. Both were not up to par and both struggled with the righties. Wheeler did a good job of pitching in to lefties like...
Read More
I kick off the opening weekend podcast by getting live reaction by Rich Coutinho of 98.7 ESPN from Washington D.C. We discuss the deGrom extension, the positive vibes from the series, and whether the Mets should make a strong push for Dallas Keuchel or Craig Kimbrel. Former member of the 1969 Mets, Art Shamsky, rounds out the program as he discusses his book “After the Miracle: The Lasting...
Read More
Good Morning, Mets Fans! The Metropolitans came up short in Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the Washington Nationals. Zack Wheeler went five innings and gave up four runs on six hits while striking out seven. Pete Alonso continued his offensive onslaught to start the season, picking up two more hits, including an RBI double. The team rallied for three runs in the eighth to tie-up the game at five...
Read More
There were moments during New York Mets starter Zack Wheeler’s season debut on Sunday versus the Washington Nationals that he looked like the pitcher who was one of the game’s best over the second half of the 2018 season. There were also times he looked like the young hurler who struggled to keep his pitches off of the plate, giving opposing hitters a whole lot of canvas to work...
Read More
Could the Mets bolster their starting rotation or bullpen? Both? Well, they’re doing their “due dilligence.” According to Ken Rosenthal and Dennis Lin of The Athletic, New York has been in contact with former Cy Young Award winner, Dallas Keuchel as well as closer Craig Kimbrel. Rosenthal and Lin add that the Brewers have also recently checked in on Keuchel and so have the San...
Read More
