During the just concluded Mets road trip that included a seven game losing streak, the team received very poor production from Lucas Duda or Michael Cuddyer. While many of the lineup’s struggles could be blamed on injuries, the middle of the order is simply failing to step up during the absences of David Wright and Daniel Murphy. Lucas Duda is batting .120 over the last eight games, and...
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With the Mets looking to end their seven game losing streak, Jacob deGrom came through with a brilliant shutout performance. DeGrom allowed just four hits and no walks while striking out eight to earn his eight win of the season. “Honestly, I approached it like every other start,” deGrom said of Thursday’s win. “I went out there and tried to put up zeros. I try not to be too confident when I’m...
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Ah yes, that wonderful time of the year when every Mets fan who has been waiting for this team to fail can pop out of their hole and hold up their “I told you so!” sign. It’s truly one of my favorite times of the year because you see and hear almost the same argument – but with no clear solution to the problems they point to. “The Mets should have made a trade already!” The media is...
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Adam Rubin of ESPN NY reports that outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto will represent the Mets in the futures game during the All-Star weekend. They will play for team USA. Both players are first round drafts picks, and they are considered top 100 prospects by sites like Baseball America and MLB.com. Conforto is hitting .302 this year with nine home runs in 69 games. Since getting...
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Las Vegas (42-32) 20, Salt Lake 8 Where do I begin? Welcome to PCL madness where two teams can combine for 28 runs on 34 hits, 9 walks, 5 homeruns, 5 HBP, and still managed to strike out 19 times. Last night the Las Vegas 51’s scored more runs in one game than the New York Mets have in their last 10 combined (19 runs). In a game that featured three 6-run innings Dillon Gee made his...
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On Wednesday, I took to twitter and ranted out some brief frustrations following another brutal loss. In the Mets world of nosediving back into irrelevance, the Twitter-verse was ablaze with angry fans whose fingers collectively pointed at a lethargic ownership and their unwillingness to change even a single thing about this team. It got me wondering… Is this what we’ve needed all...
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