Tag: Jay Bruce
Who Will Be The Next To Go In New York Mets’ Sell Off?
The New York Mets started the process of dismantling the team that made two consecutive postseason appearances, including a trip…
Read more »Lucas Duda’s Fate is Flex-Sealed
The exodus begins. I’m not going to sit here and pretend to know who Drew Smith is. He started the…
Read more »7/27/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Diego Padres
After winning their first two games on the road, the New York Mets (47-52) hit a stumbling block last night….
Read more »How Jacob deGrom, Yoenis Cespedes, and Addison Reed React To Stress
Zack Wheeler hit the disabled list for the second time in about a month, this time with a “stress reaction“,…
Read more »Resetting The Trade Market For New York Mets With One Week Before The Deadline
Major League Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline is just over a week away, and the New York Mets are firmly locked…
Read more »Even At Their Worst, They’re Best With You
There’s always a little bit of heightened awareness on a night where there’s a high ticket giveaway. There are long…
Read more »7/21/17 Game Preview: Oakland A’s At New York Mets
The New York Mets (43-50) rebounded nicely from a three game losing streak, closing out their series with the St….
Read more »It’s Too Hot To Cover First Base
The heat will make one do crazy things. It obviously also makes you not do routine things. The “real feel”,…
Read more »7/19/17 Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
The New York Mets (41-50) are simply a bad baseball team, and it has shown over the last few days….
Read more »Report: New York Mets Willing To Include Money in Trades To Boost Returns
With the trade market fully in swing right now, the New York Mets are looking to sell off a few…
Read more »The Sod Was Exceedingly Soft
The Mets must be concerned about my sleep patterns, because they’re making it a point out of the break to…
Read more »New York Mets Could Be Active Sellers at the Trade Deadline
Updated:The New York Mets needed a good finish to the first half in order to maintain the hope of a…
Read more »2017 New York Mets’ First Half MVP: Jay Bruce
Even though the New York Mets woefully underachieved in a 39-47 first half, the All Star Break is a good…
Read more »Are We Still Trying? And Why am I Quoting Tom Glavine?
Updated:I never thought that I would cite Tom Glavine to make a point … but I’m going to cite Tom…
Read more »7/9/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals
After losing 4-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals (42-45) yesterday, the New York Mets (39-46) have now split the first…
Read more »A Big Top for Aaron Altherr’s Circus
Two years to the day of Terry Collins suggesting human sacrifice as a way to get out of the dog…
Read more »New York Mets Finally Posted a .500 Month In June
For the first time in 2017, the New York Mets didn’t post a losing record in a month. The Mets…
Read more »Jay Bruce, Jacob deGrom Likeliest New York Mets’ All Stars
Selection of the rosters for the All Star Game will be revealed Sunday night, and the New York Mets don’t…
Read more »Sell, Mortimer … Sell
It was already 1-0 on Saturday when Wilmer Flores had Stephen Strasburg on the ropes in the first inning after…
Read more »The Wolves Are at the Door, Zack Wheeler Shuts it Tight
Yu Darvish is one of those pitchers I would pay to see live. The guy has 47 pitches from all…
Read more »Triple Dingers And Double Duty
So I see the Mets have thrown back to 2016 for Saturday’s 4-2 win over Pittsburgh: Get good pitching, and…
Read more »I’ll Need Something Stronger Than a Pill
Whoever said “better the devil you know” has never watched a baseball game. Because once you know a devil, you…
Read more »Birthday Absurdity
I know, I know. It was the FOX characters in the booth instead of our trusty SNY overlords. But Kenny…
Read more »Authorization To Tap Dance
There was something not right with Terry Collins’ pre-game newser. A day after he told us that he wasn’t at liberty…
Read more »It’s The Kind Of Insanity That Requires Effort
Correct me if I’m wrong, but we’re in the era of the super reliever, right? We saw it with Andrew…
Read more »Thanks For The Gifts
Seven walks, three errors, and a George Foreman Grill? Oh Marlins, you shouldn’t have. Next time, bring wine. And an…
Read more »You Can’t Scrub Everything From History
Sure, a rainout can erase Jay Bruce’s home run to the Chop Shop on Thursday which gave the Mets a…
Read more »The Band Is Dissolved
We all know about the Mets’ struggles this season with their batting average. The one portion of the set list…
Read more »On 420 Day, the 420th Met is Now Injured
Ray Ramirez is in mid-season form. This is what we get for complaining about depth. At the start of the…
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