Despite not pitching in high leverage situations right-hander Paul Sewald had played an important role in the 2018 New York Mets bullpen and a big reason for that has been his dominance of left-handed hitters. Lefties crushed Sewald in his first big league experience last year hitting .290/.385/.441 off him in 111 plate appearances. Sewald’s main weapon to get right-handers out was and...
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Let’s face it, aside from the very expected solid performances by Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom, the rest of the rotation behind those two stalwarts has been questionable and troubling to put it mildly. I guess I was being naive when I so matter of factly wrote, “all the Mets need to win ninety or more games is for one of Steven Matz, Matt Harvey or Zack Wheeler to pitch at or...
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A relatively interesting day for the Mets system saw a come-from-behind win for Binghamton and the continued great start for Nabil Crismatt. St. Lucie suffered “one of those nights”, and Columbia competed in a nail biter with Charleston until the end. While Las Vegas got a rare shutout. Las Vegas (6-14) 7, Albuquerque (8-12) 0 Box Score Gavin Cecchini SS: 2-4, 2B, .304/.371/.446 Zach...
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Good Morning Mets fans! Today, Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 3.29 ERA) will look to defeat the Cardinals in their last regular season matchup in 2018. He’ll be opposed by Cardinals ace Carlos Martinez (2-1, 1.42 ERA), who’s enjoyed a terrific season so far. The final game of the series will be streamed on SNY and 710WOR at 1:15 P.M. Michael Wacha and Steven Matz both started the night off...
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The New York Mets (15-7) dropped this one against the St. Louis Cardinals (14-9) at Busch Stadium by a score of 9-1 in the second game of the series. Pitching Steven Matz pitched for the Mets and was good for his first two innings but struggled his third inning. Matz gave up an infield hit to Kolten Wong and then made an error on a bunt. The dam broke soon after that. Matz gave up a sac-fly to...
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Before the game, Matt Harvey was asked by the reporters as he entered Busch Stadium if he would be willing to speak with the media, presumably about his first relief outing. However, they were quickly declined and laughed at by him, according to Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com. “No chance. Zero chance.” He was then asked why he would not and followed up with an angry response. “I...
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