Buster Olney of ESPN says that based upon what he’s seen, the Mets would be “absolutely dangerous” if they were to somehow get into the playoffs. He specifically pointed out the Mets top young arms Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard and their high strikeout rates. “Think about it. Would any team want to face the Mets with all these power arms in the rotation...
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With right-hander Dillon Gee back from the DL and slated to start tonight against the Padres in San Diego, the much debated six-man rotation goes into effect for the New York Mets. It’s all about protecting the young arms of Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Matt Harvey. They are the primary reason for the six-man rotation. “We have to watch the workload of basically three young...
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The Mets are hanging tough with the Nationals at the top of the division after two months of play. But unlike the last Mets team to win the NL East (2006), this year’s team doesn’t feature elite position players anywhere on the diamond. It’s not a coincidence that, while the ’06 Mets accounted for half of the National League’s starting lineup in that year’s...
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The Mets (29-23) were defeated by the Padres (25-28) by a score of 7-2 at Petco Park Wednesday morning. Pitching: Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets, turning in an interesting outing. Enduring some questionable calls by home plate umpire CB Bucknor, he went 4 innings, allowing 7 earned runs on 10 hits despite striking out 10 and walking none. He was hitting a good amount of his spots, but the...
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In his column for the New York Post yesterday, Joel Sherman implied that the Mets may have passed on Jhonny Peralta thinking that they had a “Jhonny Peralta lite” already on the roster in Wilmer Flores: But more and more, Flores is — of all things — Jhonny Peralta Lite. He is hitting homers and evolving into a more reliable shortstop. Peralta has long had the reputation as a...
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The New York Mets will face the San Diego Padres again on Tuesday night at 10:10 PM. Noah Syndergaard (2-2, 1.82 ERA) will face Ian Kennedy (2-5, 7.15 ERA) at PETCO Park. Mets pitchers did not issue a walk last night, it was the club’s major league leading 11th game this year without issuing a free pass. The staff has gone two straight games without allowing a walk for the third time this year....
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