Tonight the Mets return home to open up a series against the Washington Nationals. Rafael Montero (0-2, 5.40) returns from AAA to start in place of Jacob DeGrom to face Doug Fister (11-3, 2.49) for the second time this month. Montero’s last start was back on May 30th when he received a no-decision in a 14-inning 6-5 defeat against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. He tossed 3.2 innings,...
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When your ballclub is cruising toward another mid-70s win season and seeing its attendance in continued decline you try everything you can think of to get fans out to the park. The Mets have tried promotions like fireworks nights, concerts by name entertainers, and have given bobblehead dolls out of everyone from Ed Kranepool to Joe Biden. Nothing is working and those fireworks are pricey. So...
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1. The Mets continue to own the Phillies in Citizens Bank Park. They have come away victorious in 12 of their last 14 outings at CBP, winning three out of four in this set. Overall, the Mets are 11-5 against the Phillies this season, however just 16-19 against the rest of the NL East. 2. Juan Lagares is swinging a hot bat in the month of August and didn’t let up in Philly. The young...
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Kevin Kernan of the NY Post believes the Mets chose the wrong pitching prospect to promote when they opted to name Rafael Montero the replacement for the injured Jacob deGrom instead of using the opportunity to usher in the MLB debut of Noah Syndergaard. This would have been the perfect game to have Syndergaard make his major league debut. What’s wrong with offering the fans a little hope and a...
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When it comes to the New York Mets it is not difficult to have a litany of complaints about front office personnel and high ranking officials within the organization. Whether they be valid points or fictitious thoughts concocted by the fan base this is New York and losing is never acceptable. However, General Manager Sandy Alderson has done something to this franchise that we have not seen since...
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Last Night’s Quick Scores Albuquerque 8, Las Vegas 2 Bradenton 5, St. Lucie 4 Savannah 4, Asheville 3 Batavia 4, Brooklyn 3 Johnson City 3, Kingsport 2 Prospect Pipeline After hitting safely in eight of his last ten games, Matt Reynolds had an 0-for-4 night cooling his bat off a touch. His batting average is now .330 on the season. Ryan Reid and Gonzalez Germen gave Las Vegas four shutout...
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