Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets went on the road and opened a four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday as Jason Vargas (2-5, 7.39 ERA) faced off against Matt Koch (5-3, 4.09 ERA). Despite three home runs, the Mets lost the opener in part to struggles in the bullpen by Jerry Blevins, Paul Sewald and Jacob Rhame. Latest Mets News The Mets continue their series with the...
The New York Mets (28-37) fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks (38-30) by a score of 6-3 at Chase Field. The loss marks the Mets’ third in a row and gives the team a 1-10 record thus far in June. Pitching Jason Vargas got the nod for the Mets for the eighth time this season. He didn’t struggle as much as he did early on in the season, but he also didn’t do as well as some of his...
The New York Mets are currently dealing with budget constraints, the exact figures we don’t know, but we do know that they are staying out of the big name free agent and trade market. Therefore, the Mets need to get creative if they’re going to contend in 2018 and beyond with a roster that is currently has many needs. One of the most obvious needs for the Mets is second base. After...
Addison Reed was at a low point in his career when he was traded to the Mets in August 2015. The Diamondbacks’ reliever had struggled to the tune of a 4.20 ERA, lost his closer spot and eventually his spot in the major leagues. Reed was a far cry from the closer who had had 40 saves with the White Sox just two years prior. Once he was traded to the Mets, everything changed. Reed put up a...
According to Mets manager Terry Collins, newly acquired reliever Addison Reed is the team’s permanent seventh inning man out of the bullpen. “He’s the guy, no doubt,” said Collins to reporters after last night’s comeback win over the Marlins. Reed, 26, was acquired from the Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league pitchers Miller Diaz and Matt Koch. He will be...
Las Vegas (24-10) 5, Sacramento 1 Darin Gorski had a 6.58 ERA and had not won a since April 16th but none of that mattered yesterday as he pitched 6 innings of one run ball and picked up his 3rd win of the season. Over his 6 innings Gorski allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five. Gorski helped himself at the dish to hitting his 3rd double of the year and scoring a run. Zack...
Las Vegas (14-8) 4, Reno 3 Las Vegas was able to secure its 8th straight win behind a solid pitching performance from Matt Bowman who went 5 innings allowing one run on two hits and two walks striking out one. Bowman’s sinking fastball was on its A game last night as he recorded ten outs via the ground ball. Lefty Duane Below worked 2.1 scoreless innings in relief dropping his ERA to 1.64...
On Wednesday, Baseball America released their Top 31 Mets Prospects. Why 31? Why else, they have a man-crush on Mike Piazza, doesn’t everyone? 1. Noah Syndergaard, rhp 2. Travis d’Arnaud, c 3. Rafael Montero, rhp 4. Dominic Smith, 1b 5. Kevin Plawecki, c/1b 6. Wilmer Flores, 2b/3b 7. Amed Rosario, ss 8. Brandon Nimmo, of 9. Gavin Cecchini, ss 10. Jacob deGrom, rhp 11. Cesar Puello,...
I recently had the opportunity to speak to Al Skorupa and Chris Blessing from Bullpen Banter. They’re both really good guys and they do a great job covering the minors. I highly suggest you check out their site. I originally contacted them to get a feel for their thoughts on Mets prospects in general. They provided me with some great insight, and I started to notice an interesting...
The Gnats’ bats delivering a thrilling comeback in game one of a doubleheader and Matt Koch was one pitch away from perfection in game two, as the Savannah Sand Gnats swept a doubleheader from the Augusta GreenJackets by scores of 3-2 and 3-1. In the first game, with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning and down 2-1, Brandon Nimmo and Stefan Sabol each drew walks to put the tying...
In response to which young arm or arms the Mets should trade for a bat this trade deadline or offseason… I actually believe that Rafael Montero is the least likely to be traded among all pitching prospects in the organization right now, at least as long as this front office is in place. There´s a pretty obvious pattern. The front office wants pitchers who throw a lot of strikes and control...
Savannah 3, West Virginia 2 Cole Frenzel drove home Kevin Plawecki with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to complete a Gnats’ 3-2 comeback victory Sunday afternoon. The victory was Savannah’s sixth straight and pulled the Gnats (15-8) into a tie for first place with the Augusta GreenJackets, who lost to the Lexington Legends. In a 2-2 game in the ninth, Plawecki was...
