With about a week into the regular season, the Mets are looking good at 4-1, and the team has had a number of pleasant surprises. In this version of the mailbag, we delve into some of those surprises and see how the Mets should handle these players going forward: Doubl asks . . . Is Mets reliever/starter Seth Lugo actually Andrew Miller from the right side? John says . . . Emphatically and...
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The New York Mets (4-1) played a rain-delayed matinee against the Philadelphia Phillies (1-4) at Citi Field and won by a score of 4-2. Pitching Noah Syndergaard started the game for New York. He was great in his first inning of work, striking out two along the way with just 13 pitches. His second and third innings were far less efficient. In the third inning, Syndergaard gave up a single to...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018• 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Aaron Nola vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard FaceBook-Watch• WOR 710 AM• ESPN Deportes 1050 The Mets and Phillies wrap up their first series of the year today as Noah Syndergaard looks to hold off Aaron Nola and the weather in a matinee game held exclusively on Facebook for reasons I personally refuse to understand. Last night was a...
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Through three games this season, the Mets have shown promise. In the first two games, the offense seemed to click while Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom pitched like their usual selves, leading to two strong victories. However, things didn’t go so well in game three. The Mets could never really get anything going against starter Luke Weaver or the bullpen, and Steven Matz did not provide...
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Last night, Seth Lugo was supposed to make his season debut in the rotation, but a rainout on Monday caused the team to change their plans and skip Lugo’s spot in the rotation. Instead, the right-hander was placed in the bullpen and made his first appearance seventh inning.The 28-year old pitched a perfect two innings and struck out four batters in that span. This was a nice showing for...
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Matt Harvey made his season debut last night in the cold weather in New York and he looked better than anyone could have expected for his first start of the season. The right-hander, while struggling to get the velocity up to where he used to (sat between 91-93 MPH with his fastball), was extremely effective as he struck out five batters over his five innings of work while walking one and...
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