The Mets will take on the Orioles again on Wednesday night at Citi Field as Jacob deGrom (2-3, 3.34 ERA) takes on Ubaldo Jimenez (2-1, 1.59 ERA) at 7:10 pm. Mets Starting Lineup Curtis Granderson – RF Juan Lagares – CF Lucas Duda – 1B Michael Cuddyer – LF Daniel Murphy – 3B Wilmer Flores –SS Kevin Plawecki – C Dilson Herrera – 2B Jacob deGrom – RHP The Mets finish their two game set with the...
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Despite getting tagged for a solo homerun on pitch that caught too much of the plate, Jeurys Familia quickly regrouped and earned his MLB leading 11th save of the season in last night’s 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. In 14.1 innings pitched, Familia has a 0.56 WHIP and 1.88 ERA with 17 strikeouts. Familia has paired his excellent sinker with a lethal slider that he can now throw...
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Las Vegas (17-8) 10, Albuquerque 2 F/7 Game One The 51’s won their 11th straight game as Steven Matz was not dominant but still managed to get his 4th win by going 6 innings, giving up two runs on nine hits while striking out seven over his 87 pitch outing. Matz fastball was sitting in the 91-94 range while he had a good curveball working he seemed to throw feeler changeups than his last...
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Bartolo Colon just gets it, doesn’t he? After all those years wearing an Angels, Yankees, Indians, Expos, White Sox, Red Sox and A’s uniforms, he’s certainly learned the formula for success. Or as Terry Collins puts it, he’s learned to be brave, fearlessly attacking the strike zone and daring hitters to take their best shots. And most of the time he leaves them looking...
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Here comes Kevin Plawecki. While Daniel Murphy’s RBI single in the fourth inning finally ended the Mets’ 21 inning scoreless streak that went all the way back to Friday, it was Kevin Plawecki’s two-run double that proved to be the decisive blow on Tuesday night as the Mets topped the Baltimore Orioles 3-2. Following Murphy’s single, Wilmer Flores laced a double to left field to put...
Read MoreExit velocity is a new method to evaluate hitters which is gaining widespread popularity around the league according to Tim Rohan of the New York Times. Exit velocity measures the speed of the ball off the hitter’s bat. “It’s really just physics,” said John Ricco, the Mets’ assistant general manager. “If you hit the ball hard, at a certain velocity and a certain angle, it’s going to be a...
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