Following a brutal series sweep to the Chicago Cubs, the Mets’ lineup has sunk to historic lows explains Sal Cacciatore of Newsday. “The Mets are hitting .232 as a team, and only three teams in the last 30 years have posted a worse batting average. It also is the fifth-worst mark in franchise history, ahead of only the 1968 (.228), 1972 (.225), 1965 (.221) and 1963 (.219) Mets...
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The New York Mets head to Los Angeles for the start of a three game series against the Dodgers beginning tonight at Dodger Stadium. Rookie Noah Syndergaard (3-4, 3.59) will be tasked with face Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (5-6, 3.20) in a 10:10 PM matchup. New York is 11-26 on the road this season, including 4-18 in the team’s last 22 road games. The Mets have lost seven of their last eight away...
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Quite a week for Luis Cessa who was named to the Eastern League All-Star roster earlier this week and now has been promoted to AAA Las Vegas where he should be in line to start tomorrow. The 23-year old right-handed pitcher was 7-4 with 2.56 ERA while allowing just two homeruns all year in 77.1 innings. Cessa has good control, 17 walks compared to 61 strikeouts in his 13 starts this year....
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The Mets charter flight bound for Los Angeles made an unscheduled stop in Detroit on Thursday night due to a health issue involving WOR radio play by play announcer Howie Rose. The Mets were traveling from JFK to LAX for Friday’s series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers. WOR released the following statement: “The Mets flight en route to Los Angeles yesterday landed in Detroit to...
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You know that feeling you get when you do something so amazing–like make an insane basketball trick shot or miraculously catch a falling box of cereal just before it crashes to the ground–you even surprise yourself, but you look around and no one witnessed you do it, like it’s just been wasted? I can only imagine that this is the feeling the entire New York Mets pitching staff...
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Lucas Duda continues to struggle mightily at the plate and Wednesday night’s 0-for-5 performance with four strikeouts might have been his worst showing yet. He followed that up with another hitless performance and two more strikeouts in the 6-1 loss in the series finale against the Cubs. “It’s a pretty prolonged stretch for me, just because I’m not doing the things I’m capable of,” Duda...
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