Tag: Amed Rosario
Suspended In Losing Animation
As soon as Paul Sewald picked up Victor Caratini’s bunt in the 11th inning today, I muttered to myself “throws…
Read more »The Wheels On The Bus Go ‘Round And ‘Round Because They’ve Been Directed To The Next Parking Lot
I’m extremely happy to have seen a 3-0 Mets victory in person. I’m happy that Zack Wheeler, once again, had…
Read more »8/23/18 Game Preview: San Francisco Giants at New York Mets
The New York Mets (56-70) have bounced back nicely from a tough loss to the San Francisco Giants (62-66) on…
Read more »The Soundtrack of Failure
Sometimes errors are just errors. Other times, errors are the residue of years of poor planning, poor execution, poor design,…
Read more »Children Are Our Greatest Resource
The Mets were victorious in the 2018 Little League Classic, which started as a question regarding whether Jason Vargas could…
Read more »Platitudes And Outrage: Cy Young Edition
There was a new twist to Jacob deGrom’s incredible season on Saturday: a rain delay. I wasn’t sure deGrom would…
Read more »8/17/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
Updated:The New York Mets (52-68) managed to score 30 runs in their doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phillies (67-54) yesterday, but…
Read more »8/16/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies Game 1
Updated:The Mets are still trudging through a road trip that has them playing four teams in five different cities in…
Read more »Because THAT Hadn’t Happened In A While …
The Mets and Marlins gave us a contrast in crispness on Saturday night. There were plays that blew you away…
Read more »In Praise And In Fear
Updated:I don’t know what more that anybody can say about Jacob deGrom. It would be so easy for him to…
Read more »Report: New York Mets Thinking Of Moving Amed Rosario To Center Field
Updated:The New York Mets are committed to improving their defense up the middle, which makes sense if you are trying…
Read more »8/3/18 Game Preview: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
Updated:The New York Mets (44-62) have hit the skids again, dropping three games in a row to fall a season…
Read more »What, Exactly, Are We Learning Here?
One of the Mets 1,034 general managers spoke today about how the Mets are going to go about the rest…
Read more »The Insignificance
I made the argument before the game, and I stand by it, that these two months following the trade deadline,…
Read more »A Triple Dip Of Wins And Slop
The Smithsonian has a collection of baseball artifacts on display. I doubt very much that they’ll be asking for a digital…
Read more »Enjoy The Moment
When Yoenis Cespedes was up at Yankee Stadium on Friday, my wife said something very prophetic: “Enjoy the moment”. Noah…
Read more »Hey Look, Jeff McNeil! And A Win Too!
So the Mets finally have some new hope they can sell you. Amed Rosario was so last year, and Dominic…
Read more »Summer Rerun Season
Updated:You ever have your DVR record something automatically because it believes the show is first run, and then you go…
Read more »7/23/18 Game Preview: San Diego Padres at New York Mets
Updated:The New York Mets (40-56) can’t wait to play another baseball game. After rain wiped out the Subway Series finale…
Read more »Second Half Preview, New York Mets Edition
Updated:Baseball’s second half kicks off tonight, when the New York Mets begin playing out the string with the second round…
Read more »New York Mets Need More Out of These Players In The Second Half
Updated:While the 2018 season is virtually over for the New York Mets as the result of their disastrous first half,…
Read more »New York Mets At The Break: Revisiting Preseason Predictions
Updated:Before the season began, I published this article previewing the 2018 New York Mets. Given how horribly wrong things have…
Read more »Selective Discipline
Updated:I understand that it’s extra important to be sure that young players follow rules and don’t get themselves into trouble…
Read more »7/13/18 Game Preview: Washington Nationals at New York Mets
Updated:Even though Max Scherzer was merely mortal last night, the New York Mets (37-54) couldn’t take advantage of the situation…
Read more »Logic, And Jerry Blevins Fastballs … Both Fly Over The Wall
The Nationals were 46-46 coming into tonight’s game. They play shoddy defense and their best hitter has looked more like…
Read more »7/9/18 Game Preview: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, Doubleheader Edition
Updated:The final week of the first half is upon us, and the New York Mets (35-51) probably can’t wait for…
Read more »New York Mets Need To Actually Let Their Young Players Play
Updated:Today was a rare positive for Dominic Smith, who drew only his third start in the New York Mets’ last…
Read more »7/6/18 Game Preview: Tampa Bay Rays at New York Mets
Updated:The New York Mets (34-49) celebrated Independence Day with a rare win, scoring a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Blue…
Read more »Taking Short Notice Doesn’t Matter
People will point to the fact that Corey Oswalt pitched one day earlier than he was supposed to, after Jacob…
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