The Mets may have some trouble selling tickets for their own regular season games at Citi Field, but New Yorkers and baseball fans around the country sure are excited for a little midsummer exhibition at the new ballpark. According to TiqIQ, the average ticket price for this year’s All-Star Game at Citi Field currently checks in at a whopping $1,052.53 dollars. While prices will almost certainly...
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The month of May for Jon Niese will hopefully become a microcosm for the New York Mets season, it’s not about how you start, it’s how you finish. In what was a horrendous start to the season for Niese, the Mets young southpaw has put together a nice stretch over the past three outings to put his year back on track after seeing his ERA balloon to 5.93. In his first two starts on the month, Niese...
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Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas rocked Reno, 7-1. Binghamton dropped a game to Altoona, 8-4. St. Lucie split a double header with Jupiter, 4-1 & 7-4. Savannah dropped to Greenville, 5-1. Prospect Pipeline In his second game back from his stint on the DL, Brandon Nimmo was 0-for-2 with two strikeouts in last night’s loss. His average has now dipped below the .300 mark for the...
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Las Vegas 7, Reno 1 Josh Satin caught wind of Ike Davis showing signs of life at the plate and decided that he needed to step it up a notch – so he ripped four hits and drove in four runs in this 7-1 Las Vegas victory. On the pitching end of the victory was Carlos Torres, who has honestly turned it up a notch ever since I called him out in the beginning of May. I honestly don’t know...
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Marlon Byrd crosses home plate after homering in the third inning. (USA Today) The Mets beat the Yankees for the third straight time in a 9-4 walloping tonight at Yankee Stadium. The win gave the Mets their first four-game winning streak of the season. The Mets jumped out to an early lead when they sent ten batters to the plate in the first inning and scored five runs; the big blow coming off...
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1. Fire Dave Hudgens – Call it bad luck, poor execution or just a failed approach, whatever Hudgens is doing or trying to do has been a massive failure. There are no success stories in his wake and too many good hitters with promise that have regressed. Every failed season needs a fall guy, and Hudgens fits the bill quite nicely. Remember when Steve Phillips fired Bob Apodaca and how it...
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