The New York Mets failed to capture a series sweep against the Miami Marlins Sunday afternoon. The team fell behind early and were unable to mount a comeback despite several terrific chances. By game’s end, the score read 7-2 Marlins and New York dropped to an even 5-5 on the season. So, what were the takeaways from Sunday afternoon’s game? The Carlos Carrasco Problem The Mets’...
by Marshall Field Before the 115th World Series’ game seven started, it was already special as it was steeped in firsts. It was the first best-of-seven series across MLB, the NHL and the NBA to have its first six games won by the road team. That’s 1420 series through three sports. That record would later grow to the road team winning all seven games. Then the starting pitchers:...
The New York Mets (27-30) lost to the Chicago Cubs (33-23) today and got swept at home by their friends from the Windy City. Pitching Steven Matz pitched for the Mets and had arguably his best start of the season (or at least one of the best). Matz faced some trouble in the third but kept the Cubs off the board thanks to his own defense. Matz gave up a couple runs in the seventh partly due to...
When the news broke on July 31 that Amed Rosario was set to be called up to finally make his long awaited Major League debut a day later in Colorado, fans had just one question: What took so long? The 21-year-old shortstop has already impressed in his short stint in the Majors, posting a line of .247/.271/.452 with eight extra-base hits, eight RBI, and four stolen bases in 26 games. More...
Yoenis, Yoenis. Wherefore art thou, Yoenis? Down 6-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning on Monday night against the St. Louis Cardinals, Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes had a chance to right the ship. It’s been a struggle for the 31-year-old outfielder in 2017, who has driven in just 20 runs in 44 games after inking a lucrative four-year, $110 million deal in the offseason to keep him in...
Much was made of the Mets struggles in 2016 with men in scoring position. Rightfully so, they slashed .226/.306/.372 to go along with a 72 wRC+ and .282 wOBA (weighted on-base average). This season has been a completely different story. They are slashing .321/.402/.530 with a 142 wRC+ and .383 wOBA, both rank second best in the major leagues. The players are roughly the same, so what really...
The frustration continues to build. The losses continue to mount. There does not seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel as things look bleaker and bleaker by the day. The Mets dropped Saturday’s game by a score of 6-5. Detroit’s defense was giving them every opportunity to steal the game by committing three errors. The Mets were 2-for-12 with RISP, terrible yet again. The...
The moment came when I knew I had mentally, if unwittingly, written off the 2016 Mets. On Thursday night, I had a late meeting that kept me out until 10:00 PM. In such circumstances, I always, and I mean always, check the scoreboard. But having just witnessed the possible season-defining squandering of the biggest hit of the season, the Yoenis Cespedes home run the night before in the rubber...
Leading up to the trade deadline, most of the talk from inside the Mets organization and among media members has been that the Mets’ top priority is to add a bullpen arm. While it’s always good to have bullpen depth, using the team’s resources on an extra late-inning arm seems puzzling given the other holes on the team. First, let’s look at the current state of the bullpen. Jeurys Familia is...
New York Mets General Manager, Sandy Alderson has come out and to a point put his team on notice on their offensive performance. This team can no longer be a one trick pony as James Wagner of the New York Times spoke with the Mets GM and others regarding the hot topic. “We’ve proven you can’t just rely on home runs to get offense over the course of a season,” Alderson said. The Mets currently...
An MMO Fan Shot by Eric Heller If “The ‘15 Mets” takes on that special status we give to those magic teams, like “86” or “69”, I think you can point to a very specific, mostly overlooked moment from an excruciating July game that transformed our frustrating, dead-end year into one of the most exciting regular seasons we’ve had since….well, since a long time. I’m not talking about Wilmer’s Tears...
The Mets played a good old-fashioned PCL game and beat the Chicago Cubs at Cashman Field by the score of 9-4. Highlights: Bartolo Colon started the game and pitched 4.2 innings in his second start of the Spring. He allowed 4 earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out none. He gave up two home runs and his spring ERA rose to 7.27. After the game, Terry Collins said of Colon,...
