Tag: Chris Flexen
We Paid Chris Flexen For That
Jose Butto deserved better than that nonsense. Butto, the latest entrant in the “wheel of starting pitching doom” pitched very…
Read more »Francisco Alvarez Has Valley Fever!!! (Oh Wait I Didn’t Mean It Like That, Sorry Ike)
Updated:The way Francisco Alvarez’s at-bat started against Miguel Castro, you would have never guessed that it would have ended the…
Read more »An Ultimate Warrior
I was having some recent conversations about Taijuan Walker’s place on this rotation when everyone else is healthy. “Could he…
Read more »Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Chris Flexen
Updated:Now that the 2019 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
Read more »New York Mets’ 2019 Season in Review: Starting Pitching
Updated:Now that the New York Mets’ 2019 season is over, we are going to take a look at the year…
Read more »Dusting Off The Red Marker To Hand The Mets Some Grades
Updated:I don’t do this very often, but this season I’ve decided to hand out some grades for the 2019 season….
Read more »New York Mets could have some interesting names to add to active roster in September
Updated:2019 should be the last year of the utter lunacy that is September roster expansion. For the most important games…
Read more »8/22/19 Game Preview: Cleveland Indians at New York Mets
Updated:The New York Mets (66-60) are sure making things fun for their fans. After last night’s dramatic walk off win…
Read more »He Who Hesitates …
Updated:So Jason Vargas cramps out of the game in the bottom of the fourth while batting and we’re all wondering…
Read more »6/15/19 Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
Updated:Things are starting to go off the rails again for the New York Mets (33-36), who found a way to…
Read more »Unintentional Hell
Updated:Little did Pete Alonso know when he hit a game tying home run in the ninth inning what hell he…
Read more »From Ashes, A Phoenix? Only Brodie Knows …
Updated:There was a point after the first inning that I had a fleeting thought that maybe Chris Flexen can survive…
Read more »4/20/19 Game Preview: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals
The New York Mets (11-8) got a win last night despite another short outing from lefty Jason Vargas. Vargas was…
Read more »Sugar, Spice, And Most Everything Nice
The Mets didn’t waste the opportunity they had to win a Jason Vargas start. Of course, because of a ton…
Read more »Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Chris Flexen
Updated:Now that the 2018 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
Read more »One Absolute Pleasure
Updated:I said the same thing about R.A. Dickey after the 2012 season, and I’ll say it now. No matter what…
Read more »It’s In My Contract
First thing I want to say is that I have to tip my cap to the Tampa Bay Rays. Not…
Read more »7/8/18 Game Preview: Tampa Bay Rays at New York Mets
Success has been very fleeting for the 2018 New York Mets (35-50), and yesterday’s game was a perfect example of…
Read more »Justin Turner Strikes The Match, So Let It Burn … Burn Baby Burn
Updated:There’s two things that come out of Sunday’s game that are of vague note. And we’re not going to do…
Read more »Milwaukee Gives Us Swiss Cheese Too
Even with a 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning, this game was doomed from the start. With…
Read more »The Revolution Is Here … And the Mets Are Copying it From The Rays
Updated:Like ‘Till Tuesday opening for Daryl Hall and John Oates, Alice in Chains opening for Van Halen, and Sergio Romo…
Read more »5/19/18 Game Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets
The New York Mets (21-19) got their weekend off to a good start by defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks (25-18) 3-1…
Read more »Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Chris Flexen
Now that the 2017 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
Read more »2017 Mets Season In Review: Starting Pitching
Now that the 2017 season is over, its time to take a look back at the year that was for…
Read more »9/25/17 Game Preview: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, Game 1
The last week of the regular season is here, and it can’t end soon enough for the New York Mets…
Read more »Sign Of Life And Shades Of Death
The Astros mercifully ended the Mets stay in Houston by completing their sweep with an 8-6 victory on Sunday. But…
Read more »9/3/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Houston Astros
Saturday was a great day for the Houston Astros (82-53), who made a triumphant return to Minute Maid Park by…
Read more »Get Shady For Brady
The Mets are pulling off a tank job so good you’d think Andrew Luck was in the draft. And they’re…
Read more »8/29/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds
The New York Mets (57-73) got off to a decent start on their road trip, splitting a four game series…
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