Tag: Edwin Diaz
4/12/22 Game Preview: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
It may be only five games into the season but the New York Mets (3-2) have already driven some fans…
Read more »Mike’s Mets Player Review Series: Edwin Diaz
Now that the 2021 season is over for the New York Mets, we have been looking back at the year…
Read more »New York Mets 2021 Season in Review: Surprises and Disappointments
Now that the 2021 season is over for the New York Mets, we will spend the next several weeks taking…
Read more »New York Mets 2021 Season in Review: Bullpen
Now that the 2021 season is over for the New York Mets, we will spend the next several weeks taking…
Read more »When Compliance Training is The Highlight of a Baseball Broadcast
It wasn’t quite a lineup with Stan Jefferson, John Gibbons, and Rick Anderson, but the Atlanta Braves had their hangover…
Read more »The Final Hurrah?
The conversations I’ve been having with my Mets fan friends have revolved around the same general theme: Who stays and…
Read more »Building And Saving Legacies
Updated:Sunday’s game really started with Francisco Lindor’s second home run of the night. His first home run was a three…
Read more »There Isn’t Enough Smart Water In The World
Updated:This entire game felt like it was watching a loved one get tortured. Rich Hill had his best outing as…
Read more »The Mets Need A Washington Closer
Edwin Diaz’s numbers in Washington were atrocious: 7.36 ERA 1.773 WHIP .952 OPS against .290 AVG against in 35 plate…
Read more »When I Suck, You Win!
I was told that I write better when the Mets lose. Probably a mixture of being more loquacious when they…
Read more »The Dramatics Are Sticking Around To Sing A Happy Tune
So Rich Hill (who a friend of mine dubbed “Eddie Harris” tonight) gave the Mets his best start in the…
Read more »The Signs Are There If You Look Closely
Updated:Once again, the Mets did what they had to do, beating the Marlins 4-3, sweeping the series, and continuing for…
Read more »New York Mets free-fall out of first place in awful August
Updated:Before we dive deep into what went wrong for the New York Mets in August, let’s reflect on a piece…
Read more »Dare I Dream?
Updated:I know, deep down in my heart, that this season is going to break my heart. I know it because…
Read more »A Miracle Met, And A Mets Miracle
Updated:On a night where the Mets honored a Miracle Met to start the evening, it ended with a Mets miracle:…
Read more »Amazing In Their Monotony
Usually when a Mets team goes south for the summer, it’s a team effort. Mets teams have been no.torious for…
Read more »Don’t Sing It … Bring It
Updated:So when last we were together, I mentioned that the Mets didn’t need an extreme act of torch burning. To…
Read more »A Crisp Loss Is Still A Loss
Updated:Whereas Friday night’s loss was a game that the Mets easily could have won had they hadn’t been so sloppy,…
Read more »Twists, Turns, A Win, And More Rain
Updated:I guess Zack Scott’s match lit a fuse. After there were reports that Scott’s talk ruffled some feathers in the…
Read more »From History To Hysteria In Six Inches
Updated:Javy Báez’s two run home run in the 6th inning in his first game as a Met had cut the…
Read more »Orwellian
Updated:I love when people say “this season reminds me of the ‘XX season.” I don’t know if you can make…
Read more »Can You Split a Championship Belt Six Ways?
Updated:You can thank the bullpen for that huge win in Game 2 of the doubleheader against the Braves.With the next…
Read more »Squirrels Eat Blue Jays, Don’t They?
Updated:The Mets, after losing two out of three to the Pirates, have now taken four out of six from two…
Read more »That’s Tylor With A 0
Updated:Tylor Megill has been an absolute revelation, and he’s getting better with every start. He threw six shutout innings (and…
Read more »Let The Weirdness Flow Through You
Updated:I’m not sure there’s a narrative that this game fits. And that’s fine. Because not every game has to contain…
Read more »Pittsburgh: Where Horses Have No Regard For Barn Doors
Updated:I honestly had tonight’s post written at 6-0. Was ready to amend at 7-5 going to the bottom of the…
Read more »New York Mets at the All-Star Break: Revisiting Preseason Predictions
Updated:The All-Star Game has come and gone with the New York Mets in first place in the National League East….
Read more »New York Mets’ bullpen implodes in 6-5 loss to Pittsburgh Pirates
Updated:New York-The big consequence of Tuesday night’s rainout for the New York Mets was the lost opportunity to get another…
Read more »New York Mets split doubleheader with Pittsburgh Pirates
Updated:New York-Doubleheaders are hard to sweep, a fact that the New York Mets have come to learn this season. The…
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