NL East Report: Tempers Fly, Strasburg K’s 13, Stanton Heating Up

The NL East Report is published every Friday and takes a look at the other teams in the division. The reports covers the latest news and notes, injuries and transactions, divisional records versus the Mets, andupdated NL East Standings. News And Notes Atlanta Braves:Left-hander Mike Minor will be looking to put a pair of subpar starts behind him when he takes the mound in Friday’s series...

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Wright Is Batting Higher Against RHP In 2012

In case you are unaware, David Wright has hit the ground running to start the 2012 season, and that’s putting it lightly. The franchise third baseman has been infamous for eating up the southpaws, but in what is shaping up to be a career year for David Wright, he has actually hit right handed pitching moreso than that of the lefties in 2012. Wright is batting .376/.475/.554 on the year,...

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Mets News: Chris Young Tosses Five Scoreless Innings

Chris Young tossed five scoreless innings tonight as St. Lucie beat Brevard County 4-3. It was his first official minor league game since undergoing May 16, 2011 surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his right shoulder. Young allowed five hits and two walks while striking out four batters. Young is expected to make 3-4 more minor league starts at a higher level before joining the Mets...

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We Get To See The Kids Play, This Is Exactly What I Wanted

This is a year of transition for the Mets. In a year of transition the goal is to see what you have for the future as you look to build a winning team. Some, but not all of the players who we are seeing in the lineup this season are part of the solution. The others may not be part of the problem, but that doesn’t mean that they are going to help us contend for a championship either. This team as...

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Mets Minor Rumblings: Nimmo, Wheeler & Flores Updates, Familia & Harvey Splits

Last night, Ben Wagner tweeted a cool piece by our friend Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News. Check out these Home/Road splits on Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia: Harvey Home: 2 starts, 0-0, 8.22 ERA, 7.2 IP, 9H,  7 ER, 5 BB, 5 K Harvey Away:  5 starts, 3-1, 2.86 ERA, 28.1 IP, 27H, 9 ER, 11 BB, 27K Familia Home: 4 starts, 1-1, 6.88 ERA, 17 IP, 17H, 13 ER, 19 BB, 17K Familia Away:  2 starts, 1-0,...

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MMO Mets Quotables: Phlying High Edition

I feel sorry for all those saps who claimed they wouldn’t go see or in some cases watch this team because of some stupid protest against the Mets owners. What about all the princes and paupers who predicted doom and gloom and falling attendance, and the seers and prophets who refused to give this Mets team a chance? What a bunch of whiny, uninformed, poor excuse for Met fans they turned...

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