Noah Syndergaard made his long-promised return to Citi Field. Two years older and a torn UCL later, Thor brought his thunder back to Queens. Syndergaard pitched just one inning Tuesday night and it was glorious. Now sitting at 96 miles per hour with his fastball Syndergaard went three up and three down. Ten pitches, nine strikes, two strikeouts, 730 days in the making. Armed with just his...
I always felt like Terry Collins got the short end of the stick. Sure, his bullpen usage was questionable. His lineup construction caused frequent head-scratching, yes. But I never felt that it was fair to throw the blame on Collins for having to trot out Jason Bay 175 times over two years or hand the ball to Rafael Montero over 50 times across four seasons. Any way you slice it, when Collins...
I was invited by Strat-O-Matic to manage the New York Mets in a special 2020 MLB Season Simulation. At 2:00 PM each day, Strat-O-Matic will announce the results, standings, statistics and key game highlights from that day’s scheduled contests on their site as well as MMO and @Metsmerized on Twitter. Thursday’s game results are listed below. Full results, standings and boxscores are available...
In yet another impressive outing from the resurgent Noah Syndergaard on Saturday evening, the right-hander, with the help of the Mets’ blazing hot offense, pitched the team to a series-clinching 4-3 comeback win over the Washington Nationals. Syndergaard looked shaky early on. The righty had trouble settling in to the first inning, throwing 29 pitches and giving up two runs; a home run by Juan...
Noah Syndergaard is still on the Mets, you guys. And thank goodness, because it would’ve really been tough to have seen him wearing any other jersey right now (or ever, really). He turned in one of his most dominant performances of the season on the eve of the trade deadline against the Chicago White Sox: one run allowed on five hits, one walk, and 11 strikeouts in 7.1 innings of work. He...
The New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins by a score of 9-6 Wednesday night at Citi Field (Box Score). Things broke open in the fifth inning when the Mets walked SIX times and scored six runs in the process. They made the Twins pay for free passes again later in the seventh, which resulted in three runs and a big night for the Met offense. The final number of walks for the Amazins was ten....
Speaking to Tim Britton of The Athletic Sunday, Noah Syndergaard had some thoughts about Mets leadership regarding rotation-mate Jacob deGrom and his lack of a contract extension. “I’m just going to sit back and let it all unfold how it is,” Syndergaard said. “Jake’s the best pitcher in baseball right now. I think he deserves whatever amount he’s worth. I want...
The New York Mets (46-64) defeated the Cincinnati Reds (49-64) 6-4 on Monday evening. The Mets offense collected 16 hits off Reds pitching and the six runs scored proved to be enough for a Mets victory. Attendance was reported at 21,644. Pitching Noah Syndergaard allowed a one out single to Joey Votto in the first, but struck out Eugenio Suarez to end the inning. Again in the third, Votto...
Good Morning Mets fans! Today, Jason Vargas (2-6, 8.36 ERA) will attempt to shut down the Braves lineup. The Braves will counter with Anibal Sanchez (5-3, 3.00 ERA). The game will be on SNY at 7:10 p.m. Is Jose Reyes the latest member of Pitchers Who Rake? A day after throwing 48 pitches, the infielder slammed two home runs in his best hitting performance of the season so far. Despite a quality...
Noah Syndergaard has tossed 10 innings since returning from a strained ligament in his finger that had kept him out over a month. Not once has he turned in a perfect inning. On six such occasions, the opposition has put two or more runners on. Syndergaard allowed three runs and two walks in a start against the Washington Nationals last week, and admittedly improved to just one run and no walks...
Mets’ right-hander Noah Syndergaard pitched in a competition setting for the first time since May on Sunday as he took the hill for Short-A Brooklyn. Syndergaard, 25, has been sidelined with a strained finger ligament that has flared up several times since he’s been on the disabled list, but he told reporters after his outing on Sunday that he didn’t have any issues....
Speaking with Mike Puma of the New York Post, Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland had a lot to say about the Mets rotation, most of which wasn’t particularly surprising. What was surprising, however, was what he had to say about one of the Mets two aces. “I just don’t know where the expectations came from,” Eiland said about Noah Syndergaard. “He’s spent, what, two and a half years in the big...
