Good Morning, Mets fans! Despite a tough 9-3 loss for the Mets, Saturday was a good day because it marked the start of exhibition baseball! They play the Yankees again tonight at Yankee Stadium, with a 7:05 p.m. EST scheduled start time. Latest Mets News The Mets lost the first of two exhibition games against the Yankees by a score of 9-3. Middle infielder Jed Lowrie will not participate in...
Unlike the last couple of offseasons, most of the free agent top-end talent is gone in early January this time around. Both the starting pitching and relief market have been thoroughly picked over and the market for a catcher is now slim pickings. The strongest market left is right-handed hitters with multiple options that play different positions. When those names drop, maybe we will finally...
The Mets bullpen has the potential to be incredibly good. Possibly one of the best in baseball. That feels weird to say after it was the team’s Achilles heel in 2019, but possible bounce-backs from both Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia, the return of Brad Brach, the acquisition of Dellin Betances, and Seth Lugo’s emergence creates an array of horrifying late inning scenarios for opponents. That...
Wittgren Traded to Indians The Miami Marlins have traded relief pitcher, Nick Wittgren to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for right handed pitcher, Jordan Milbrath per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jon Heyman of Fancred. Wittgren was designated for assignment by the Marlins last week in order to make room for Neil Walker on their 40-man roster, whom they recently signed via free agency....
When Justin Turner walloped a walk-off home run in the National League Divisional Series 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson’s famous dinger it felt like a sign that the Dodgers were the team fated to hoist the Fall Classic Trophy. But Los Angeles was competing against a team from Houston whose destiny was etched in metal the moment their city was leveled by a devastating storm. Wednesday night,...
The New York Mets (58-77) fell to the Houston Astros (82-53) 4-1 on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park in the second game of the doubleheader. Pitching: Seth Lugo (5-4, 5.00 ERA) got the nod in this game and began to pitch as well as he has all season. For the first five innings he limited the Astros to five hits, one walk and no runs while striking out six. The wheels fell off in the sixth...
After an article on FanGraphs last week put a scare into our expectations for Matt Harvey’s return from Tommy John surgery, the Wall Street Journal compiles evidence that in fact they return quite the same and in many cases better in their post TJS careers. Michael Salfino writes: In fact, all of the noteworthy starters since 2006 who have undergone the procedure have posted a combined...
Right fielder Marlon Byrd recently told Sandy Alderson that he would be open to returning to the Mets next season, Kristie Ackert of the Daily News reports. “I’ve talked to Sandy, I told him thank you for the opportunity at the beginning of the year and thank you for the opportunity to play for a winner,” Byrd said of his conversation with the Mets general manager. “I told him,...
Last night was just the opening act, tonight the playoffs officially begin! This year’s playoffs (minus not having the Mets) to me look to be very enjoyable on paper. I don’t think there is a team that I legitimately can say I have a strong feeling “should” win it all. Tonight, the Pittsburgh Pirates welcome the Cincinnati Reds to beautiful PNC Park. This is a tough game for me to predict...
BYRD CELEBRATES HOME RUN NO. 21 Marlon Byrd walloped his 21st home run of the year on Tuesday and setting a new career high for the 35-year old journeyman who has delivered an unexpected solid season for the Mets. Signed solely as a favor to his agent who pleaded with the Mets to take a chance on him, Byrd has repaid the Mets in spades and has exceeded all expectations. As I mentioned in an...
Since May 26, the Mets are third in the majors with a 3.18 (151 earned runs/427.0 innings) team ERA and there’s a good reason for that positive development, his name, Jeremy Hefner. Since June 4, Jeremy Hefner leads the majors with a 1.76 ERA (10 earned runs/51.0 innings) over eight starts. Pittsburgh’s Francisco Liriano is second with a 1.89 ERA. Hefner has allowed two earned runs or...
Banner Day Lineup Ruben Tejada – SS Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B John Buck – C Justin Turner – 1B Marlon Byrd – RF Andrew Brown – LF Juan Lagares – CF Jonathon Niese – LHP Game Notes As you can see, David Wright is in the lineup today after fouling a ball off his left knee in the first inning last night and being removed later in the game. “It’s pretty sore, but he thought he could...
