It’s like he never even left. The 2018 season has been one to forget for Michael Conforto. If you could call his 2016 season a “sophomore slump”, then 2018 was a rerun. If the season ended today, Conforto would be looking at career lows in SLG (.397) and ISO (.165)—quite the slide from his monster 2017 season. After returning faster than anticipated from a shoulder...
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3 UP 1. We Want McNeil Entering the series against the Braves, Jeff McNeil was sputtering a bit hitting .235. After this series is over, it’s fair to say those issues are behind him. In the series, McNeil had his first career four hit game, and he would hit two doubles. He’s now hitting .310, and he seems to have a stranglehold on the second base position for the rest of the year. 2....
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With Reds pitcher Matt Harvey returning to Citi Field for the first time as a visitor, the Mets have announced that they will show a tribute video prior to tonights game at 7 p.m. on CitiVision. The Mets traded Harvey to the Reds earlier this season for catcher Devin Mesoraco. In 15 starts with Cincinnati, Harvey is 5-5 with a 4.79 ERA and 57 strikeouts. Although he had his fair share of up’s...
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After not being utilized by the Major League club, the Mets sent Dominic Smith back down to Triple-A where his traditional first base position was already occupied by Peter Alonso. For the past year, Smith and Alonso had been battling it out to see who was going to be the Mets first baseman of the future. In that time period, Smith has struggled while Alonso has thrived. That has especially been...
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As you may have heard by now, 2018 hasn’t exactly been a high-water mark for the Mets franchise. It’s all been downhill in Flushing since that amazing 11-1 start. The Mets are now the second-worst team in the National League, have a DL payroll almost double that of their active roster, and just experienced the most lopsided loss in franchise history. To make matters worse, the...
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Update – August 6 According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Mets won’t know for a couple of days whether Steven Matz will return for his next start or if Corey Oswalt will remain in his spot in the rotation. Oswalt threw well yesterday, aside from one bad inning when he allowed a game-tying two run home run. On the day, Oswalt completed six innings while allowing three...
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