The Mets (56-62) lost to the Phillies (53-65) by a score of 7-6 in walk-off fashion on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets scored 6 runs in the first 5 innings to jump out to a 6-1 lead. David Wright drove in an unearned run with a base-hit in the 1st. In the 2nd, Daniel Murphy drove in a run on a sacrifice fly which became a double-play when Wilmer Flores was caught trying to sneak to 3rd...
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The Mets and Phillies continue their four-game series in Citizens Bank Park at 1:35 pm on Sunday. Zack Wheeler (7-8, 3.48 ERA) will take the hill for the Mets looking to even his record, and he’ll be opposed by RHP Kyle Kendrick (5-11, 4.74) for the Phillies. Wheeler has gone seven straight starts working 6.0 or more innings and allowing two or fewer runs. The last Mets starter with a...
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We present our Mets Midseason Top 25 Prospects. It’s just a quick and cursory look at our rankings before we get to work on our annual and much more extensive 2015 Top Prospects list in February. It was comprised from the individual rankings of myself and my minor league aficionados Kirk, Teddy, Brian and Connor. We then reproduced the list using rank points from all five lists. It gives a...
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There’s not one among us who didn’t want the Mets to replace Bobby Abreu with Kirk Nieuwenhuis, or Chris Young with Matt den Dekker. Or even Ruben Tejada with Wilmer Flores. However make no mistake that it’s not because we believe either of the three are the answers to our prayers and will fill our two biggest needs in left field and shortstop. Given the team’s current...
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The Mets (56-61) beat the Phillies (52-65) by a score of 2-1 on Saturday night in Philadelphia. Dillon Gee got the start for the Mets and was very solid, giving up just 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks in 7 innings, striking out 4. Dillon tossed 109 pitches to get through his outing. Both offenses got off to slow starts in this game, and there were no real scoring threats through the first few...
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From the Brooklyn Cyclones On Tuesday, Aug. 19, the best and brightest from around the New York-Penn League will descend upon MCU Park for the 10th annual NYPL All-Star Game presented by Mercedes Benz of Brooklyn and the Tic Toc Stop Foundation. It will mark the second time in franchise history that the game has been played on Coney Island, and the Brooklyn Cyclones will be well represented. Six...
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