Tag: Jose Reyes
Flop In July Leads To A Mets Sell Off
At the end of June, it was clear that the New York Mets would be set for their last stand…
Read more »A Tale of Two Pitches
Here lies Jacob deGrom’s win streak. May it rest in peace. It stopped at eight on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners,…
Read more »7/28/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Seattle Mariners
The New York Mets (47-53) began their sell off yesterday when they shipped first baseman Lucas Duda to the Tampa…
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 »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 »Jacob deGrom Is The Baseball Brodie
I’m starting to think Jacob deGrom is the Russell Westbrook of the Mets. He’s won seven straight starts now after…
Read more »Look Up! It’s Everyone Else In The Standings!
Zack Wheeler was facing Paul DeJong in the sixth with a runner on and the Mets up 1-0 on Monday….
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 »7/8/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals
Even though Jacob deGrom wasn’t at his best last night, the New York Mets (39-45) found a way to pick…
Read more »Arm Flex
This mini-resurgence (and sorry, it’s still a mini-resurgence) is a battle of math vs. eyes. The math tells you that…
Read more »Marlins Get Matzlacked
Starting pitching has been such a key to the past few seasons. Unfortunately, it’s been on the negative side this…
Read more »As Long As Jacob Doesn’t Request a Trade …
Updated:Don’t worry, we’ll touch on Asdrubal Cabrera. But lost in that whole mess is that the Astros have declared interest…
Read more »Asdrubal Wants Off Sinking Ship
So it looks like we have our first bit of Mets dissention … really in Terry Collins’ tenure, when you…
Read more »Strength is Weakness, Weakness is Maddening
It’s never good when, in the realm of Mets history, there’s a statement about you that ends: “… for the…
Read more »Apologies
First Apology: I’m sorry I didn’t blog after Thursday night’s 8-3 loss to the Nationals. Usually I would go for…
Read more »Maybe It’s Me
The Mets defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Orange County, California by a score of 7-5 on Saturday. The game…
Read more »Putting the Fun in Fundies (For The Other Teams, Of Course)
Updated:The Diamondbacks must have the same scouting reports that the Royals did. Arizona defeated the Mets 5-4 on Tuesday. They…
Read more »The Audition
To many people, Wednesday night was Bartolo Colon’s audition to rejoin the Mets rotation because, well, we need him. And…
Read more »Jose Reyes Is Using the Whole Field Again
The 2017 MLB regular season hasn’t exactly started how the New York Mets envisioned it. Unless they anticipated an 11-14 record…
Read more »Call Me Crazy
Updated:The Mets had to bounce back on Monday night not only from 23-5, but from the news that Noah Syndergaard…
Read more »So Many Missteps
So here it is. Two days after I wonder if the Mets were going to start to take the shackles…
Read more »Maybe a Logo With a Walking Boot Would Be More Appropriate
WPIX went all out promoting this Mets series against the Nationals. Lots of video vignettes, and even a “collision in the…
Read more »Jose Reyes Wobbles And The Ball Falls Down
It was all going so swimmingly. The Mets had a 2-1 lead over the Phillies at Citi Field. Zack Wheeler…
Read more »A Lost Weekend Brings Questions
One thing I hate doing is proclaiming games as some sort of “jumping off point” or “the turning point of…
Read more »Infuriatingly and Frustratingly Beautiful
It’s what makes baseball infuriatingly beautiful, right? Thursday night, the Mets win a game they have no business winning. Then…
Read more »Bon Voyage, David
When David Wright smacked a base hit to left field against Houston on Monday I thought “y’know, maybe I was…
Read more »What Now, Brown Cow? (Shortstop)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
Read more »What Now, Brown Cow? (Third Base)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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