A couple weeks ago, I reached out to Mets pitcher Dillon Gee for an interview, and Dillon was kind enough to let me do an online Q&A with him. Gee had the 7th-lowest ERA in baseball from the end of May 2013 to the time at which he was placed on the DL in May 2014. The righty missed a couple months, but is now back in action and starting to round back into form. Check out what Dillon had to...
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The collapse wasn’t as sudden as it has been in the past, but it has finally arrived. Splitting the series with the Cubs was deplorable (especially in the manner the Mets did it in). Splitting the short series with the A’s was expected, but still not acceptable. Nearly getting swept by the Dodgers due to sloppy baseball was just distasteful. When Terry Collins had, after getting...
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Who’s Hot: Matthew Bowman – Las Vegas. Bowman has allowed just two earned runs over his last 4 starts dating back to July 31st. Over his last 27.1 innings, he’s pitched to an ERA of 0.66 while allowing 19 hits, walking 5 and striking out 28 batters. Kevin Plawecki – Las Vegas. Entering Sunday’s action, Plawecki was riding an 8 game hitting streak during which he was...
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The Mets continued their West Coast road trip and stopped by Los Angeles for a 3 game set against the N.L. West leading Dodgers. NY dropped 2 of 3, but unlike previous series, there were great individual takeaways for players looking to lock up their positions for 2015 and beyond. Conversely, the veterans were showed up by their younger counterparts. Below is a recap of 3 stocks that went up and...
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Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas 6, Round Rock 5 Binghamton 5, Akron 2 St. Lucie 3, Jupiter 2 Greenville 8, Savannah 5 Brooklyn 10, Tri City 1 Kingsport 9, Johnson City 1 Minor League Notes Cory Mazzoni is now 5-1, after tossing 7 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, walking one and striking out eight for the victory. Chasen Bradford saved his fifth game for Vegas, tossing 1.1...
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The often soft spoken Lucas Duda is turning into a solid first baseman right before our eyes. After the trade of Ike Davis, the job was handed to him and he hasn’t looked back since. We knew he could hit the long ball and his defense has looked more refined each and every day. Now he’s actually leading this team. On Sunday, Duda crushed a pair of home runs, his 25th and 26th of the...
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