I thought it was interesting listening to Andy Martino on Daily News Live on Thursday, who essentially said the Mets have lost all their gains and all the cushion they had from their 11-game winning streak. “Once the Mets had that streak I thought it was enough of an over-performance to get to 87 wins and a wild card.” “You know what they just did during this road trip? They...
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What an inauspicious return to the mound for Dillon Gee, who made his first start for Triple-A Las Vegas tonight. Gee, who came so close to being a former Met this past week, tossed five innings and gave up six runs, all earned, on seven hits including two doubles and two homers. The veteran right-hander walked one and struck out six in his 86 pitch effort. And despite the pedestrian...
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Updated 6:35 PM According to what a team source told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, the Mets plan to promote left-handed prospect Steven Matz from Triple-A Las Vegas and will use some form of a six-man rotation. Manager Terry Collins declined to confirm the promotion, but the cat’s out of the bag as Matz has already been told that he’ll be joining the rotation. Apparently an...
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This just in: The Mets have won a baseball game. No, the offense did not finally break out but thanks to another outstanding performance by Jacob deGrom, the Mets (37-37) defeated the Brewers (27-47) by a score of 2-0. deGrom, in the midst of the best stretch of starts in his career, made his 15th start of the season as the Mets tried to avoid the sweep at the hands of Milwaukee. From the...
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Where do you begin? How did a season that started out with so much hope and enthusiasm spiral out of control as quickly as it did? How do you start the season 13-3 and then go 23-34 over the next 57 games spanning just over two months of the season? It would be incomprehensible if it weren’t true. The Mets are 8-14 so far in June and if you think the worst might be over, think again. After...
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According to Mike Puma of the NY Post, the Brewers and Mariners were recently scouting the Double-A Binghamton Mets. The Mets and Brewers have been connected in trade rumors for weeks. Jon Morosi of Fox Sports reported on June 10th that the two teams had preliminary trade talks, and Marc Carig of Newsday reported that New York was interested in Third Baseman Aramis Ramirez. Ramirez is batting...
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