With Travis d’Arnaud missing time with a shoulder injury and struggling at the plate all season, the Mets were all but forced to inquire about Jonathan Lucroy. The Mets interest in Lucroy was understandable as the team needed another bat in the lineup with Lucas Duda and David Wright being gone for the season, Yoenis Cespedes being hobbled with a quad injury, and Curtis Granderson, Michael...
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The Mets have a decision to make soon. They’ll have a shot to seriously get back in the Wild Card hunt with series against the Cardinals and Marlins looming over the next two weeks that should include a healthier Mets roster. But they also could make up no ground or fall back even farther in the race. If either happens, they’ll hit September with a choice: attempt a miracle run to the playoffs...
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In Jon Heyman’s Today’s Knuckleball piece, he states that Terry Collins is not only on the hot seat, but he also ranks him as the manager most likely to be fired this season. Heyman noted that Sandy Alderson wanted to fire Collins two years ago. Ownership that intervened on Collins’ behalf. Collins rewarded ownership’s trust by leading the Mets to the National League...
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Upon return from a family vacation, I learned that Choo Choo Coleman had passed this week of Cancer down in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Younger Mets fans probably know little of Clarence “Choo Choo” Coleman who was a member of the original 1962 Mets and played for the team for parts of three seasons in the 1960s. While I was not alive to hear the interview, Grandpa and Dad would always gladly...
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Las Vegas 51s (59-67) 8, Round Rock Express (62-64) 6 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF: 2 for 5, 2 RBI, 2 R, .341/.413/.531 Gavin Cecchini SS: 2 for 4, BB, RBI, R, .316/.384/.433 Michael Conforto LF: 2 for 4, RBI, BB, R, 2 2B, .429/.489/.750 Eric Campbell, Johnny Monell and Matt Reynolds each had two hits on the night. Conforto is now 15 for 23 with two homers, six RBI and nine runs since being sent...
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In a game the Mets so desperately needed to win, their star pitcher faltered at the worst time. The team needed to take the first game in San Francisco to get this wretched seven game stretch started on the right foot, the offense did their part but Jacob deGrom was unable to. After his team provided him with a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning, the Giants came right back against deGrom, which was...
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