2015 seems like a distant memory right now, doesn’t it? On May 31, 2017, the Mets are 23-27 and 8.5 games behind the division-leading Nationals. Not exactly hopeless, but definitely not where they want or need to be right now. Sure, the 2016 vintage of this team was 60-62 and went on a tear to …
Jake Arietta throws five pitches well. Five. He can throw everything from a 95 MPH fastball to an 81 MPH curve. There is no mystery about why this guy went 22-6 with a 1.77 earned run average. Just let those stats sink in. The guy is legit and will undoubtedly pose the greatest threat to …
I’ll start out by saying I wish the Cubs were not playing the Mets in the NLCS, but not for the reason or reasons you may think. Of course, I want the Mets to beat them and go on to the World Series, but if there were ever a team I’d like …
Well, folks, it comes to this: a one game playoff. I would be bubbling with confidence were it not for the fact this offense is either all or nothing these days, and the pitcher we are facing had an ERA of 1.66 during the regular season and we only scored 2 runs off him the …
The “in-season” Subway Series has lost its luster over the years and a lot of its original excitement. Some of this is due to the fortunes of the Mets and Yankees as contending ballclubs, some of it due to its eventual lack of novelty. Sure, it’s always a draw for fans who want to cheer …
Ok, I have digested the last couple of performances from the Mets, the Nationals’ recent surge, and the Marlins’ role in this stretch drive. First, the Nats winning tonight while the Mets are idle is not a given. The Marlins are NOT pushovers, and I am not saying that just because they played us tough. …
Ok, they lost, and it kinda sucked. Why? This kind of game, the game that one of your studs starts and goes six strong, giving up only two hits in the process, is not the kind of game you want to lose. Yes, they won seven in a row and we are all giddy and …
I have a feeling Sandy is not done, but who will he get and at what cost? The emergence last year of deGrom and even more so, this year’s emergence of Matz, to me makes a DL’d Wheeler an expendible part of the stud rotation and an attractive piece of a deal. Sandy is pretty …
Love him or hate him, Terry Collins begins his fifth season at the helm of your New York Mets in 2015. He has a combined 304-344 record, and that isn’t too bad considering the talent the Mets’ front office has handed him. I am one of his harshest critics, though. I …