This is the second installment of the first-half report cards for the New York Mets where we will focus on the outfield corps. Monday, Logan Barer posted grades for Mets catchers and infielders which can be found here. These are consensus grades among MMO’s editors – Myself, Michael Mayer, Barer, and Joe D. Michael Conforto – Let’s start with the Mets singular All-Star. The...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Marc M. (Not4) The 2017 Mets have been disappointing and frustrating, no doubt about it. Several factors have played a role, including injuries, players’ under-performance, poor fundamentals and defense, poor managing and some bad luck in terms of timing. Regardless of the reasons, our team has been difficult and aggravating to watch far too often this season. That said,...
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It’s always tough to watch your team go through the motions in a season, knowing full well that any remote chance of making the postseason grows slimmer and slimmer with each passing loss. The New York Mets have flirted with fans throughout the 2017 season; offering glimpses of hope while playing sound baseball in spurts. However, this team has played a real life version of Dr. Jekyll and...
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The Dark Knight’s season in 2017 has been far from meteoric, but at least now, we have some clarity on the situation. Matt Harvey, 28, went down in the middle of June after several starts in which his velocity would drop alarmingly low after the first inning. This proved to be a stress injury to the scapula in his pitching shoulder, several months after he went under the knife to relieve...
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There was a black cloud over the visiting dugout in Washington when Noah Syndergaard winced and grabbed at his pitching arm in a start at the end of April. Blowing guys away with his heat wasn’t all that was missed, as the ace of the Mets pitching staff going down knocked the wind out of its sails very early on set the tone for the way things have panned out for New York. However,...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Tonight is the MLB All-Star game. Michael Conforto is the only Mets representative following a great first half. Max Scherzer will start for the National League and Chris Sale will start for the American League. Latest Mets News Conforto looks forward to and reflects on his first All-Star selection as the lone representative from the Mets. Matt Harvey could resume...
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