Articles by metstradamus (1419)
The Timeline Nobody Expected
Updated:If you had told me back in 2015 that in about five years there would be a global pandemic, and…
Read moreMazeika > Valaika
Tonight’s Harvey Day prequel featured two great starting pitching performances, two Mets injuries, two notorious Mets killers teaming up to…
Read moreSugar In The Wound
Updated:The return of Jacob deGrom lasted four perfect innings, one imperfect inning, and two warmup pitches that sent deGrom back…
Read moreAnimal Instincts
This is going to be one of those seasons, isn’t it. I mean, silly me for thinking that with Steve…
Read moreWhen The Sublime And The Ridiculous Start With Walk
Updated:To think that Taijuan Walker was just sitting on the free agent wires … for months … before anybody decided…
Read moreSplitting Spares
Updated:Game 2 of the Wednesday doubleheader was the product of a couple unfortunate events. First was Jacob deGrom’s sore right…
Read moreEveryone Goes Hungry
Updated:I knew that Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader against St. Louis wasn’t going to go well when Paul Goldschmidt hit…
Read moreThinking, And Rethinking
I didn’t have a lot of hope for Monday’s game because it was a bullpen game, and just about half…
Read moreTo Hell And Back, And Back To Hell, and Back Again (With Rhys Hoskins Salty Tears To Sweeten The Trip)
Updated:Sunday’s victory is probably my favorite Mets regular season game in a long, long time. Of course, I can say…
Read more5/1/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
Updated:After the Mets lost on a two run strikeout on Friday night, they will renew acquaintances with the Phillies for…
Read moreAnger In The Wind
I mean, this was a true “only the Mets” loss. First off, to lose a game where the two runs…
Read moreThe Offense Is Bohunkus
The Mets are last in baseball in runs. The Mets are last in baseball in hits. The Mets are last…
Read moreThe Set Up
Updated:Garrett Richards had the Mets on a string all night. Is that really saying much these days? Probably not. But…
Read moreWords Don’t Do Jacob deGrom Justice
Friends, I don’t even know what to say anymore. As much as we knew how good Jacob deGrom was, and…
Read moreHey Chicago, Whaddaya Say? The Mets Are Gonna Get Swept To-Day!
Updated:It’s rare that the Mets get swept and evoke a different mode of feeling from each loss. Tuesday they just…
Read moreGive Me Two Scoops Of Slop With A Side Of Kick In The Jewels
Updated:It was all going so well. Francisco Lindor had hit his first home run as a Met, David Peterson had…
Read moreCold, Dark, And Angry
Updated:It seemed like an uglier game to play than it was to watch, what with the low temperature, the lack…
Read more4/18/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Colorado Rockies
Updated:The Mets split their doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies yesterday, and today they try to grab the rubber game at…
Read moreEight And One Leads To Seven And Four
Updated:The first eight innings of Sunday’s win against the Rockies belonged to Marcus Stroman. He had had success in other…
Read moreShrug Emoji
A Game 2 doubleheader loss would have hurt much more if the Mets hadn’t come back to win Game 1….
Read moreIt’s The Stro Show, With Brandon Nimmo And Special Guest Star Jonathan Villar
Not even the exclusive weather forecaster could screw this up. The first game of Tuesday’s double header featured an early…
Read moreLet’s Test That Depth, Shall We?
Updated:The baseball gods have called a pop quiz on the Mets. The subject? Starting pitching depth. Carlos Carrasco, who was…
Read more2019, Now With More Masks
Updated:I really thought it was going to be different this year. I really thought that the delay in the season,…
Read moreBoom Boom Tick
Updated:It wouldn’t be Mets if it wasn’t weird. The Mets went into the ninth inning of their home opener down…
Read moreMeasured In Candelarias And Niemanns
Updated:Unfortunately, with David Peterson going against Aaron Nola, and more importantly a bullpen that was a bit compromised due to…
Read moreThe Road To Vindication Where Worry Is At Every Rest Stop
Updated:So here’s the good news: Marcus Stroman had a strong first outing of the season, going six innings while giving…
Read moreOpening Cray
My Opening Day posts usually have more fanfare than the what this one is about to provide. Then again, Opening…
Read moreChicken Parm For Everyone!!! Lindor Is Locked Up!!!
Updated:This ain’t your Wilpons’ Mets. After deadlines, posturing, and Italian dinners, the Mets have locked up their shorstop: Breaking: Francisco…
Read moreFive Mets (Okay, Maybe Six) Who Will Tell The Story Of 2021
Updated:Hello everyone. We’re almost there. Opening Night is just a few hours away (and might be more if the Nationals…
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