Tom Verducci published an excellent piece earlier this week about what he calls, “The Mystery of Flushing”. The quick and dirty of it is that the Mets have consistently run a far lower batting average on balls in play at home than they have on the road—without a discernable cause— and the end result is that the Mets’ home offense has struggled significantly. Here is a...
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Mets’ manager Mickey Callaway threw a wrench into Corey Oswalt’s start yesterday when he came out and, despite the team’s 1-0 deficit, decided to shake things up and bring in Daniel Zamora with two outs in the third inning. Having thrown just 61 pitches, Oswalt was evidently intended to kick off a bullpen game similar to the one he had spearheaded last Sunday afternoon. While...
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Good morning, folks! The Mets play their series finale with Boston and have Jacob deGrom going for them against Chris Sale. The Mets lost 5-3 last night despite Brandon Nimmo’s three-run homer. Paul Sewald struggled out of the bullpen. Latest Mets News Red Sox manager and former Met, Alex Cora, makes no secrets about Jacob deGrom’s dominance. He says, “He’s been amazing. Forget...
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The New York Mets faced the Boston Red Sox this afternoon in the second game of a three-game set. Corey Oswalt made the spot start for the Mets, squaring off against Sox hurler, Rick Porcello. It was a back-and-forth affair, with both teams putting up crooked numbers in the middle innings. Brandon Nimmo hit a three-run homer in the fourth, then some clutch hitting and a questionable call on the...
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Saturday, September 14, 2018 • 4:05 p.m. Fenway Park • Boston, MA RHP Corey Oswalt (3-2, 6.62) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (16-7, 4.27) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets and Noah Syndergaard had a resounding victory against the Red Sox last night and Corey Oswalt will look to keep it going today. Syndergaard shut the Red Sox out for seven innings last night and the...
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Jeremy Hefner is busy at work. The former Mets pitcher is poring through mounds of data, dissecting numbers and preparing pitching and game plans to help the Minnesota Twins gain any advantage they can. No, he’s not on the 25-man roster, nor the 40-man roster, as he retired from the game of baseball via a Facebook post in January 2017. The 32-year-old Oklahoma native is now onto his second...
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