Tag: Joey Lucchesi
That’s Why It’s A Challenge
Updated:I titled my last post “The Avoiding Injury Challenge” in reference to Jacob deGrom, but as you know from rooting…
Read more »Kill And Be Killed
Updated:After dealing with the Nationals becoming Chuck Wepner for a night, Francisco Lindor turned into Clubber Lang for the first…
Read more »Keep Punching, Apollo
Updated:The Mets entered this four game series with the largest lead out of all the division winners. The Nationals entered…
Read more »6/18/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Washington Nationals
Updated:The New York Mets (35-26) have done their part to maintain their National League East lead through a tough stretch…
Read more »It All Depends On How You Look At It
Updated:If the Mets had lost 7-3 because starter Joey Meatballs got lit up by the Padres offense, I think we,…
Read more »6/13/21 Game Preview: San Diego Padres at New York Mets
Updated:Everything has come up aces for the New York Mets (32-24) over the past week. Winners of five of six,…
Read more »6/4/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Diego Padres
This weekend’s series at Petco Park is a huge test for the New York Mets (27-22) and they are already…
Read more »Different Paths, Same Peraza
Updated:A 1-0 win and a 4-2 win will read very similar in a boxscore. But they were two very different…
Read more »5/27/21 Game Preview: Colorado Rockies at New York Mets, Doubleheader Edition
Updated:After last night’s game was postponed due to rain, the New York Mets (22-20) will wrap up their scheduled series…
Read more »Attrition Is A Constant Battle
Updated:The Mets fought like hell before the Marlins finally got their annual walk-off win against the Flushing Nine. And even…
Read more »5/22/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Miami Marlins
Updated:No many hits the New York Mets (21-17) take on the injury front they seem to find a way to…
Read more »Meatballs In Bulk
Updated:Saturday was a nice reminder that nice reminder that while the depth pieces have carried the club, they can’t do…
Read more »The Calm After The Storm
Updated:After Zack Scott called a zoom conference on Saturday afternoonJorda to share his thoughts on Raccoon vs Rat (which I…
Read more »5/8/21 Game Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets
There are twists and turns in a 162 game season, something the New York Mets (14-13) experienced plenty of on…
Read more »Thinking, And Rethinking
I didn’t have a lot of hope for Monday’s game because it was a bullpen game, and just about half…
Read more »5/3/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals
Updated:Last night was an absolutely wild game for the New York Mets (11-11), who had to hang on until the…
Read more »Hey Chicago, Whaddaya Say? The Mets Are Gonna Get Swept To-Day!
Updated:It’s rare that the Mets get swept and evoke a different mode of feeling from each loss. Tuesday they just…
Read more »4/22/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
Updated:Wrigley Field hasn’t been a very friendly place for the New York Mets (7-6) over the years and 2021 has…
Read more »Shrug Emoji
A Game 2 doubleheader loss would have hurt much more if the Mets hadn’t come back to win Game 1….
Read more »4/17/21 Game Preview: New York Mets at Colorado Rockies, Doubleheader Edition
The New York Mets (5-3) may be in first place in the National League East but they simply haven’t had…
Read more »Measured In Candelarias And Niemanns
Updated:Unfortunately, with David Peterson going against Aaron Nola, and more importantly a bullpen that was a bit compromised due to…
Read more »The Road To Vindication Where Worry Is At Every Rest Stop
Updated:So here’s the good news: Marcus Stroman had a strong first outing of the season, going six innings while giving…
Read more »Five Mets (Okay, Maybe Six) Who Will Tell The Story Of 2021
Updated:Hello everyone. We’re almost there. Opening Night is just a few hours away (and might be more if the Nationals…
Read more »Let’s Test That Depth, Shall We?
Updated:The baseball gods have called a pop quiz on the Mets. The subject? Starting pitching depth. Carlos Carrasco, who was…
Read more »Joey Throws Funny
This offseason has seemed like a nuclear arms race between the Mets and the Padres in the foreground of the…
Read more »Eight MLB players off to surprising starts in 2018
Updated:The presence of advanced statistics in baseball creates the ability to make informed decisions about players and teams more (and…
Read more »Other Than That Mrs. Lincoln, How Was The Play?
So let’s recap Jason Vargas’ night: Two runs on a Charlie Villanueva home run. Two runs on a misplayed fly…
Read more »4/28/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Diego Padres
Updated:The Mets have won one series all time at Petco Park since it opened in 2004. One!!! The Mets will…
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