When the Mets won 3-2 on Sunday, the win featured many hallmarks of the 2018 team’s 12-2 start. The Amazin’s got a solid starting pitching performance from Noah Syndergaard, a shutdown effort from the bullpen, and the Mets again erased a deficit to win in the late innings. These three factors have been constants over the first 14 games of the season. In addition to these positive...
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3 UP 1. Wilmer Smiling, Not Crying With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Wilmer Flores stepped to the plate, and he hit his second career walk-off home run. The homer ensured the Mets would win their fifth straight series to start the season, and it would return them to 10 games over .500 in April. That’s a mark the Mets have only done in 1986 and 2015. The homer was part of a better...
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The New York Mets played six games this week, with three of them coming against the division rival Marlins, and the other three against the Brewers. Coming away with five wins out of those six games, the Mets were able to stay hot and on top of the NL East. In our debut Players of the Week feature, I chose Todd Frazier and Noah Syndergaard as the hitter and pitcher who were most impactful in...
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Week In Review The Las Vegas 51s (3-8, fourth in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division) won back-to-back games for their second and third victories of the season, but through 11 contests have allowed a league-worst 85 runs. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (3-5, t-third in the Eastern League Eastern division) drew big crowds in Portland, but have now dropped five consecutive games since...
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We’ve seen it before. Two times prior, actually. Wilmer Flores is no stranger to the walk-off, and in each instance, it’s just as sweet. This was the case Sunday afternoon when the 26-year-old blasted the Mets to victory with a game winning home run. “It’s the same feeling,” Flores said of his history with late-inning heroics. “Even better when you do it over and over.”...
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As I wrote in an article in February, 2018 is a critical year for Gavin Cecchini. His prospect status took a hit when he was moved from shortstop to second base due to his defensive yips and the presence of Amed Rosario. Plus, he had a down year offensively in 2017 and failed to impress in his stint with the Mets. But Cecchini showed up to camp in 2018 with a new swing and a new beard,...
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