While Terry Collins said his mapped out plan to manage the innings of Harvey, deGrom, and Syndergaard is under lock and key, I think I’ve picked the lock. I’ve mapped out the remaining 53 games and, barring injury, weather, or any other setbacks, I’ve figured out how the Mets can manage the remaining schedule, keep all the pitchers in the rotation, and give everyone five days between starts down...
Read More
On January 31, when I first discovered that I had been admitted to Davidson College, I was obviously elated that I was given the opportunity to attend my first choice school. However, it only took an hour or so for the reality to hit me, that I was actually going to uproot myself from New York City, where I’ve lived all my life, Queens born and raised, and move to small town North Carolina...
Read More
Rookie left-hander Steven Matz is progressing from a lat strain and should begin throwing off a mound next week, New York Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters on Friday. Matz long tossed on Thursday under the watchful eye of Collins who was visiting the team’s complex in Port St. Lucie to check up on all of the injured players. Collins said Matz was throwing “free and...
Read More
In an interview with Ken Davidoff of the NY Post, Athletics’ General Manager Billy Beane compared the Mets’ young pitchers to his star-studded rotation in Oakland during the early 2000’s. The A’s staff featured three top starters in Barry Zito, Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson, who carried the team to multiple playoff berths. “There’s definitely a difference in styles,” Beane...
Read More
I think it was George Will who once said that people who think baseball is just a game probably think the Grand Canyon is just a hole in Arizona. When Abner Doubleday invented baseball on some sandlot in Cooperstown, New York over a century ago, I wonder if last night’s game between the Mets and Rays was exactly what he had envisioned? Because I’ve got to tell you, what we saw on...
Read More
The Mets (59-50) defeated the Tampa Bay Rays (54-56) by a score of 4-3 tonight at Tropicana Field. Jacob deGrom took the mound for the Amazin’s this evening, and though he didn’t have his A-game, he still managed to gut out 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on six hits while not walking a batter and striking out seven. The two runs against deGrom came off a pair of solo home runs, one...
Read More
