The New York Mets begin their Spring Training schedule on the road in Fort Myers against the Boston Red Sox. Right-hander Seth Lugo makes the start for the Mets and is opposed by left-hander Henry Owens for the Red Sox. The game begins at 1:05 PM at JetBlue Park and it’s not televised but can be heard on WOR. New York Mets Juan Lagares, CF T.J. Rivera, 3B Michael Conforto, RF Wilmer...
So another July 31 trade deadline has passed, and while the Mets maybe weren’t so active right now, some of the deals that occurred could actually affect the Amazin’s this offseason. The Boston Red Sox completely overhauled their pitching staff by trading Jon Lester and John Lackey, as well as Felix Doubront and Andrew Miller. In exchange, the Sox received two prominent outfielders: Yoenis...
An MMO Fan Shot by Steven Pacchiano Call me old fashioned, call me a dinosaur, I’m 39 years old BUT I still have 20/20 vision. I understand the concept of WAR and all the stats that go into it, but I really prefer to look at the classic numbers and watch the player play in order to decide if one player is better than another. WAR supposedly is a stat that determines the value of a player’s...
Jose Valentin was ninety feet from home. Endy Chavez was on second representing the tying run. Pinch-runner Anderson Hernandez was on first. Bases loaded, 2 outs, bottom of the 9th. The Mets trailed 3-1. A base hit would tie it, a double would send us to the World Series against Detroit. 56,357 fanatics screamed and cheered and proudly shouted Let’s Go Mets as Carlos Beltran walked to the...
The obstruction call that ended in in a 5-4 victory for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night Maury Brown of Forbes.com said the broadcast drew 12.5 million viewers on FOX, up 19 percent over Game 3 in 2012 and ranking as the most-watched World Series Game 3 since 2009 based on Nielsen Media Research data. FOX averaged a 7.4 fast national rating for the game, up...
The great thing about baseball is how it shifts your opinions on players from Point A to Point B and then back to Point A again. Always evolving, always transforming and always wonderfully unpredictable. It’s sort of like real life that way. I remember all the jokes, all the griping and all the complaining when Omar Minaya first signed journeyman pitcher R.A. Dickey and yet six months...
D-backs (42-39) at Mets (33-45) LHP Wade Miley (4-7, 4.55) vs Shaun Marcum (1-9, 5.40) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Marlon Byrd – RF Josh Satin – 1B John Buck – C Juan Lagares – CF Omar Quintanilla – SS Shaun Marcum – RHP Game Notes Ruben Tejada is on his way to continue his rehab at Triple-A Las Vegas according to Adam Rubin. Tejada, who has been on...
Well, this is sort of becoming the norm now, isn’t it? You can almost predict exactly what’s going to happen. Matt Harvey goes out, pitches his heart out, and somehow gets cheated out of a win. As much as we all hoped for that streak to break today, the Mets offense was not up to the task of handling Adam Wainwright. The Mets were shut down through the first seven innings by...
Jeremy Hefner started the game and while he was charged with six runs, only one of them were earned. He let up eight hits and walked two in 7.0 innings pitched while striking out two. One of the hits was a three-run blast by Allen Craig in the fifth. Greg Burke allowed two unearned runs in the sixth inning and David Aardsma allowed a solo home run to Shane Robinson in the eighth inning to...
Lately, it seems the only thing the Mets excel at is finding ways to lose. Shaun Marcum had his first quality start as a Met, going 6.2 innings allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits while walking one and punching out three. He threw 96 pitches, 65 of which for strikes, however fell to 0-4 on the year in easily his best effort for the Amazin’s this season. After matching goose eggs...
Terence Farley asks… I think the perfect player for the Mets to get in a deal for either Dickey or Niese is Allen Craig. I’m surprised that no one has mentioned this idea. Sean replies… That is one of the more original offers and proposals that would help both sides. First, lets take a look at Allen Craig Craig received his first major bump in at-bats this season with 469,...
