Yesterday, the Mets faced a left-handed starter for just the third time this year. They have faced Adam Conley, Brandon Finnegan, and Madison Bumgarner. In addition, the Mets have faced lefty relievers here and there. Seemingly, the Mets have struggled against lefties. On April 13th, Conley limited the Mets to four hits while allowing no earned runs and striking out nine over six innings. It...
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There’s something special in the air, my friends. You can feel it with every breathtaking extra-base hit off the bat of Michael Conforto. You can sense it with every swing and a miss on a knee-buckling Noah Syndergaard breaking ball. You can see it every time Neil Walker and Asdrubal Cabrera turn another improbable a year ago double play. You can hear it by the unmistakable sound the bat...
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As yesterday’s game approached, many wondered if Michael Conforto would get his first shot against a big time southpaw like Madison Bumgarner on the mound. Manager, Terry Collins obliged and gave the 23-year old budding star a chance to show what he could do against one of the great pitchers in the game. “I definitely wanted to be out there against Bumgarner,” Conforto said. “As a...
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3 Up 1. Record Setting Friday Night The Mets 13-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night had some history to it. 12 of the 13 runs scored were all in the third inning, setting a new franchise record which was previously set on July 16, 2006 when they tallied 11 runs in an inning against the Cubs. The Mets sent 15 batters to the plate that inning, tallying a total of eight hits and...
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The lead had dwindled to one. Closer Jeurys Familia yielded a leadoff single to the pesky Denard Span and was staring at the stern, focused face of former Met Angel Pagan. The speedy Pagan has flourished since his departure from Flushing for two forgettable experiments in Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez, netting a World Series ring in 2012 and about 40 million dollars in contract money from the...
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Like a shark senses blood in the water, a team will jump all over a pitcher when it detects a weakness, especially when it’s somebody such as the Mets’ Noah Syndergaard, who doesn’t have many. The book on Syndergaard is you can run on him. No, make that you can run all over him – that is, if you can get on base. Runners have been successful in all ten of their stolen base attempts against...
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