Chris Flexen

24 Oct 19

Mets 24 Oct 19

Mike's Mets Player Review Series: Chris Flexen

Now that the 2019 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year that was. After taking a more general (…)

04 Oct 19

Mets 04 Oct 19

New York Mets' 2019 Season in Review: Starting Pitching

Now that the New York Mets’ 2019 season is over, we are going to take a look at the year as a whole over the next several days. We will (…)

01 Oct 19

Mets 01 Oct 19

Dusting Off The Red Marker To Hand The Mets Some Grades

I don’t do this very often, but this season I’ve decided to hand out some grades for the 2019 season. These come in no particular order, (…)

28 Aug 19

Mets 28 Aug 19

New York Mets could have some interesting names to add to active roster in September

2019 should be the last year of the utter lunacy that is September roster expansion. For the most important games of the year, baseball (…)

22 Aug 19

Mets 22 Aug 19

8/22/19 Game Preview: Cleveland Indians at New York Mets

The New York Mets (66-60) are sure making things fun for their fans. After last night’s dramatic walk off win over the Cleveland Indians (…)

16 Jun 19

Mets 16 Jun 19

He Who Hesitates ...

So Jason Vargas cramps out of the game in the bottom of the fourth while batting and we’re all wondering what we did in a former life to (…)

15 Jun 19

Mets 15 Jun 19

6/15/19 Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

Things are starting to go off the rails again for the New York Mets (33-36), who found a way to lose twice in one day without playing a (…)

05 May 19

Mets 05 May 19

Unintentional Hell

Little did Pete Alonso know when he hit a game tying home run in the ninth inning what hell he wrought to Milwaukee. Instead of a tidy 2-1 (…)

20 Apr 19

Mets 20 Apr 19

From Ashes, A Phoenix? Only Brodie Knows ...

There was a point after the first inning that I had a fleeting thought that maybe Chris Flexen can survive in this league as an Aaron Harang (…)

20 Apr 19

Mets 20 Apr 19

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 actually effective against (…)

19 Apr 19

Mets 19 Apr 19

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 of runners left on base in the (…)

26 Oct 18

Mets 26 Oct 18

Mike's Mets Player Review Series: Chris Flexen

Now that the 2018 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year that was. After taking a more general (…)

27 Sep 18

Mets 27 Sep 18

One Absolute Pleasure

I said the same thing about R.A. Dickey after the 2012 season, and I’ll say it now. No matter what happens in the Cy Young voting over (…)

09 Jul 18

Mets 09 Jul 18

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 because they beat the Mets two out of three this (…)

08 Jul 18

Mets 08 Jul 18

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 that trend. The Mets entered (…)

24 Jun 18

Mets 24 Jun 18

Justin Turner Strikes The Match, So Let It Burn ... Burn Baby Burn

There’s two things that come out of Sunday’s game that are of vague note. And we’re not going to do this chronologically, so you’re just (…)

26 May 18

Mets 26 May 18

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 Seth Lugo unavailable and Robert Gsellman (…)

26 May 18

Mets 26 May 18

The Revolution Is Here ... And the Mets Are Copying it From The Rays

Like ‘Till Tuesday opening for Daryl Hall and John Oates, Alice in Chains opening for Van Halen, and Sergio Romo opening for whatever (…)

19 May 18

Mets 19 May 18

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 last night. Jacob (…)

25 Oct 17

Mets 25 Oct 17

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 that was. After taking a more general (…)

04 Oct 17

Mets 04 Oct 17

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 the New York Mets. It was a disappointing season for (…)

25 Sep 17

Mets 25 Sep 17

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 (66-89). The Mets are wrapping up a (…)

04 Sep 17

Mets 04 Sep 17

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 the first thing I would (…)

03 Sep 17

Mets 03 Sep 17

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 sweeping a double header in (…)

30 Aug 17

Mets 30 Aug 17

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 somehow doing it before our very eyes, (…)