After a an incredibly dominating start in his season debut against the Washington Nationals, a start that had Gary Cohen saying, “It’s like he never left,” Matt Harvey is looking for more tonight when he takes on the Philadelphia Phillies. “For me, 90 pitches through six innings is not good enough,” Harvey told reporters on Monday morning. “If I’m throwing 90 pitches, I’d like...
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Noah Syndergaard made his long awaited season debut on Monday after being pushed back due to forearm stiffness. Las Vegas won 8-5 despite Noah struggling through four innings allowing 7 hits, 3 runs (2 earned) while walking 1 and striking out 2 and was taken out after throwing only 54 pitches (37 strikes). Thor topped out at 94 MPH while throwing very few breaking balls on the evening. Eric...
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“You gotta believe,” said an enthusiastic Michael Cuddyer, after the Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Monday. He had no idea he had the conjured up the most beloved rallying cry in franchise history, writes David Lennon of Newsday. “You got to believe you’re a good team.” Steve Serby of the New York Post says the genesis of this latest conjuring of...
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Throughout this past offseason, the Mets had been scouring the market for someone who can come in and get the big lefties out. On March 30th, they traded outfield prospect Matt den Dekker to the Washington Nationals and in return the Mets received lefty reliever, Jerry Blevins. The very next day, as luck would have it, Blevins had to face his former team, and more than that, he was brought in to...
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With a stellar start from Jacob deGrom, the Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 2-0 in their first home game of the season. DeGrom shutdown the Phillies’ lineup, allowing no runs while striking out three batters and walking none. Following the game, there were a lot of great reactions and comments to the Mets’ exciting win. “That was a lot of fun. I was...
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In his first home game as a New York Met, left fielder Michael Cuddyer said he’s played in many regular season games, but none that gave him the chills after the Mets turned a double play in the ninth inning. “Looking in the crowd and seeing people high-fiving each other, the excitement and the passion, it was one of the first times in a regular season game I had chills.” Citi Field...
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