After last nights loss to the Washington Nationals, the nail in a three game sweep, Terry Collins addressed the team. The Nationals increased their lead in the East to 10.5 over the Mets and have now taken their last 11 games played at Citi Field. “They just outplay us. The whole difference is we can’t keep the ball in the park and we can’t hit them out. That was the story of this series, for...
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There’s an old saying in baseball, “Pitching wins championships”. As far as I can remember, that quote always rang true even if it was often overused. If you looked at the history of the game, you’d be hard pressed to find championship winning teams that were lacking in the pitching department. You don’t even have to look back that far. Just take the Detroit Tigers this year. They have a...
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Just one day after announcing that shortstop Troy Tulowitzki would be undergoing season ending surgery on his hip, the Rockies have announced that Carlos Gonzalez will also undergo season-ending surgery to repair the patellar tendon in his left knee. August 14 Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki will miss the rest of the season to repair a labrum tear on his left hip according to Thomas Harding of...
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The Mets (57-65) lost to the Nationals (66-53) by a score of 4-1 on Thursday night at Citi Field. Dillon Gee got the start for the Mets and was decent, but got punished for his mistakes. Gee left one out over the plate to Adam LaRoche in the 1st and had a pitch cut out into the middle of the plate against Bryce Harper in the 4th, and both National Sluggers took him deep for a 2-run shot. Dillon...
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The Mets look to salvage a part of their series against the Nationals tonight with Dillon Gee (4-4, 3.54) taking on Stephen Strasburg (8-10, 3.68) at 7:10 pm from Citi Field. In Gee’s last start he received a no-decision in the 2-1 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 9th at Citizens Bank Park. He pitched 7.0 innings, his longest outing since July 9, allowing one earned run,...
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The Mets have signed 16-year old Venezuelan shortstop Kenny Hernandez out of Carlos Guillen’s Baseball Academy for 1 million dollars today. Hernandez, who had to wait until he turned 16 years old, was one of the top 30 players on the board for Major League Baseball’s July 2nd international free agent signing period. He was the 13th best player in the class, according to Baseball...
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