Today, the Los Angeles Dodgers claimed LHP P.J. Conlon off waivers from the Mets. Conlon, the Irish-born left-hander, was designated for assignment on May 30 in one of the moves that cleared roster space for RHPs Tim Peterson and Scott Copeland. The move to DFA Conlon was viewed as someone surprising, considering his youth and success in the minor leagues. Conlon, who was raised in California...
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Saturday, June 2, 2018 • 7:15 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. LHP Mike Montgomery (1-1, 4.35) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (4-0, 1.52) FOX • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 Last night was a repeat of most of the current issues with the Mets. Going into the seventh inning, the Mets had a 2-0 lead, thanks to Brandon Nimmo and a good start by Zack Wheeler. Then the bullpen came in and promptly...
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Every so often from a young talented player, you see one of those games where you say that player has finally arrived. For Amed Rosario, that game, his signature game, was May 30. The previous night the Mets were once again coming off a “worst loss of the season” with another bullpen implosion knocking them back down to .500. Facing a Braves team that has had their number all...
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Fangraphs posted their mock draft late on Friday. In the mock, they featured a ton of notes and information, highly recommend you check it out. They mocked Jarred Kelenic to the Mets at the sixth pick. This comes after Peter Gammons reported that one NL scouting director predicted Kelenic would go to the Mets. There have been some run downs on Kelenic that we have done already. Here is what I...
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The 2018 New York Mets team bears many similarities to the 2015 National League Champion New York Mets. Both teams started the year hot — in 2015, after going 2-3, the Mets went on an 11-game winning streak to give them a 13-3 record on April 23. In 2018, the Mets had an early nine-game winning streak to start the season 12-2. In both cases, though, they faltered. After a strong start, the 2015...
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The Mets are now a sub .500 team for the first time this season with a 7-4 loss to the Cubs on Friday, and manager Mickey Callaway was visibly upset. Just a couple days ago, he said a team meeting wasn’t necessary, but on Friday he held a closed door discussion with his players. “We just had something that I said we weren’t going to do,” Callaway said after the meeting. “Just because we’re...
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