It can’t get any worse for the New York Mets, can it? It sure feels like this team has now hit rock bottom. If this isn’t rock bottom, then I dread to think what the next few weeks may have in store. The Mets blew two leads on the way to being swept in Milwaukee by the Brewers over the weekend. It sure got ugly at times. As a result, New York has now lost seven straight and 11 of its...
Doesn’t everything just feel better after a series win? For the first time in three weeks, the Mets won a series. They took two out of three from the Milwaukee Brewers. It wasn’t always pretty, but New York got the job done to record just a fifth win in its past 19 games. Despite imploding in the opener, the Mets rallied to beat a red-hot Milwaukee team in the final two games. With...
Position: SS/INF B/T: R/R Age: 29 (09/02/1995) 2024 Traditional Stats: 161 G, 610 AB, .251/.331/.462/.794, 32 HR, 112 RBI, 153 H 2024 Advanced Stats: 118 OPS+, 3.1 WAR, 10.8 BB%, 25.1 K%, 40.5 HardHit%, .297 BABIP Rundown The Brewers in 2024 shocked everyone, and at the helm of this unsuspected success was Willy Adames. Leading the ‘Brew Crew’ to the wildcard, Adames had done wonders...
Wow. Wow. Just freaking wow. The 2024 New York Mets are something special, and the magic shows no signs of ending anytime soon. In what will go down as another instant classic in franchise history, the Mets produced some late-inning heroics to beat the Milwaukee Brewers in Game Three of the Wild Card Series on Thursday. As a result, New York advanced to the NLDS for the first time since 2015. It...
It all comes down to this for the New York Mets. After blowing a lead late in Game 2, the Mets must beat the Brewers in Game 3 or face an early end to their 2024 postseason adventure. What took place on Wednesday has now been firmly consigned to the history books. All that matters is what the Mets do on Thursday with their entire season on the line. New York is 9-8 all-time in win-or-go-home...
The New York Mets will be looking to sweep the Brewers in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series on Wednesday night at 7:38 p.m. ET. A number of critical factors went into a statement Game 1 win on Tuesday. Luis Severino’s gutsy start. Jose Iglesias’ all-time hustle play. A monster five-run fifth inning. Huge hits from the previously slumping Jesse Winker and J.D. Martinez....
Josh Hader Position: RP Age: 29 (4/7/1994) 2023 Traditional Stats: 61 G, 56 1/3 IP, 2-3, 1.28 ERA, 33 SV, 1.101 WHIP, 85 SO, 30 BB 2023 Advanced Stats: 321 ERA+, 36.8 SO%, 13.0 BB%, 2.36 xERA, 2.69 FIP, 3.52 xFIP, 1.7 fWAR, 2.4 bWAR Rundown Outside of an inexplicably tumultuous 2022 season, Josh Hader has been one of the most dominant relievers in baseball since he made his debut in 2017. That...
Former Met Mark Canha made a recent appearance on the podcast “The Show” with Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, where he talked about a range of topics from being a Brewer, to Tommy Pham’s comments on Mets’ players’ work ethics, to being teammates with Pete Alonso. Canha joined the show and first spoke about the trade that sent him to the Milwaukee Brewers: “It was...
The Seattle Mariners have acquired second baseman Kolten Wong from the Milwaukee Brewers for Jesse Winker and Abraham Toro, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Winker, who had been shopped by the Mariners all offseason, had the worst season of his career in 2022. He slashed .219/.344/.344/.688 with the Mariners and recorded a 103 OPS+. Winker also saw his average exit velocity drop from...
The Mets (93-55) are on the verge of clinching a 2022 playoff berth as they head to Milwaukee to take on the Brewers (78-68). After getting swept in three games by the Cubs, the Mets turned things around and swept the Pirates in a four-game series. The Brewers are fighting for a wildcard spot, but unlike the Mets, they are seeing their playoff chances start to slip away. Faced with dwindling...
