“He was good. Until he went to the Mets.” If you’re a Mets fan, there’s a solid chance you say or hear that sentence at least ten times per year. The Mets have had several notable occurrences of “He Was Good Until He Went To The Mets” syndrome over their five decades of play, and countless players have fallen prey to it. When the Mets turned 50, they released...
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Vegas 51s(47-43) 3, Iowa 2 Box Score The victory brought the 51s to 5.5 games out of first. Dilson Herrera 2B: 2 for 5 .276/.320/.476 Michael Conforto RF: 0 for 3, BB, R .321/.400/.547 Kevin Plawecki C: 1 for 3, RBI .318/.404/.581 Plawecki and Eric Campbell drove in all three runs. Conforto played in right field for the third straight game while Matt Reynolds was in left. Darin Gorski LHP: 5.2...
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Here are our 2016 First Half Reports Cards for the New York Mets as comprised by Joe D., Brian Greenzang and myself. We hope you enjoy. Catchers Travis d’Arnaud – Yet again, d’Arnaud’s troubles staying on the field have been detrimental to the Mets even if he was hitting just .196/.288/.261 before he went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury. Since his return,...
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Sandy Alderson spoke with Mike Puma of the New York Post Thursday as he readies for the opening of the second half of the season. He candidly advised Puma that he believes what the New York Mets have is currently a playoff caliber team as-is. “I still expect us to be a playoff team,” Alderson said. “I know we’ve had some injuries, but I don’t see any reason at this point why we can’t overcome...
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According to Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Padres have a deal in place that will send pitcher Drew Pomeranz to the Red Sox for top prospect Anderson Espinoza. Pomeranz, 27, was acquired by the Padres from the Athletics back in December, and has seen his value soar as of late, so the Padres chose to sell high on the southpaw. Pomeranz was enjoying a fantastic season for the...
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Mets fans will be watching for many things as the second-half unfolds: The standings, the trade market, Zack Wheeler’s return, and many other occurrences that are bound to spur. One of the more overlooked story lines will be Yoenis Cespedes’ pursuit of the Mets’ single-season home run record. “Yo” currently has 21 home runs in 80 games played. He would need another...
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