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...
The Mets (27-29) played one of their shorter games in recent memory, beating the Phillies (24-30) by a score of 4-3 in a measly 11 innings on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. Jon Niese got the start for New York and was a Man Amongst Mets, striking out 6 in 8 innings of work, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits and a walk. Niese took just 91 pitches to get the job done. While Niese cruised through...
The Mets (15-12) lost to the Rockies (17-13) by a score of 7-4 on Thursday night in Colorado. Bartolo Colon took the ball for the Mets and struggled mightily. Colon gave up 7 runs on 10 hits and a walk in 4.2 innings, striking out only 3. The Mets got off to a frustrating start in what would be a very frustrating game. Juan Lagares, fresh off the DL, picked up right where he left off by doubling...
Good morning, Mets fans! Congratulations! If you are reading this, you have as many hits as the entire Mets pitching staff has in the 2014 MLB season. The Dodgers and Yankees will be entering a bidding war for your services shortly. Mets pitchers, as Jared Diamond pointed out in his column yesterday, are 0-for-41 on the season, which is the longest hitless streak from a pitching staff to start a...
The Mets (14-11) defeated the Marlins (11-14) by a score of 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. Dillon Gee got the start for New York and was outstanding, throwing 8 scoreless innings of 3-hit ball while walking 4 and striking out 6. The Mets struck first in the bottom of the second, when Tom Koehler walked Daniel Murphy and hit Chris Young to set the table for Lucas Duda. Lucas drove one to...
Good morning, Mets fans! Rough loss last night. I was there to watch my school sing the National Anthem, but left fairly early in the game with my friends (who aren’t Mets fans, so are they really my friends?), in part due to the freezing cold. But I was definitely there for the first inning, when Bobby Abreu cracked a two-run homer to right field. I like Bobby Abreu. In my recap of...
Good morning, Mets fans! Nobody has seen or heard from Jeurys Familia in ages. They say that if you listen hard, on certain nights when the moon is full, you can still hear him howling at the night sky. But I’m not buying it. But seriously, where is Familia? After taking the loss on Opening Day, and struggling in his next outing as well, Familia seemed to find a bit of a rhythm during his...
The Mets (12-10) defeated the Cardinals (12-11) by a score of 4-1 on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. Bartolo Colon took the ball for the Mets and was very solid, holding the Cardinals at bay while his belly rippled in the cool spring breeze. Bartolo held St Louis to 1 run on 4 hits in 7 innings, striking out 8 and walking none. The game started off slowly, with both pitchers cruising through...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Great win last night. The Mets, despite having had one of the league’s toughest schedules so far, are over 500 and are keeping pace with the fastest starters in the National League. But they haven’t been hitting lately. The Mets rank poorly in nearly every offensive category (except for strikeouts!). So how have they been winning these games against good...
Good morning, Mets fans! Let me set the scene. The Mets head into an important inning, late in the game. It might even be the 9th. It’s usually the 9th. They’re down by a run, or maybe 2. Whatever the deficit is, it’s usually larger by the time the inning ends. The Mets hand out so many insurance runs that Mr. Met should probably be replaced by a sassy gecko by the end of the...
Good morning, Mets Fans! Nice win yesterday, although it took a bit too long, dragging on for 14 innings before Curtis Granderson won it by doing what he does best: making an out. The absurd length of yesterday’s game is actually what brings me to the topic of this edition of the Morning Grind. The Mets went into extra innings 20 times last year. They were 8-12 in those games, several of...
Good morning, Mets fans! We managed to stay over 500 yesterday, in part because we didn’t have a game. Tonight, the Mets will be coming home to begin a nice, long, 10-game homestand. I’m especially excited for tonight’s matchup with the Braves, as I will be attending my first game of the year (although, since I’m going with a Yanks fan and a pair of Braves fans, things...
