Tag: Steven Matz
We’re Well Past Surprised
The good news is that Amed Rosario is up with the big club. The bad news is that in his…
Read more »8/1/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Colorado Rockies
Things are a bit different for the New York Mets (48-55) today in their first game after the trade deadline….
Read more »Thin Mints And Mike Singletary
To say that Steven Matz’s fastball is reminiscent of a girl scout cookie is an insult to girl scout cookies….
Read more »7/26/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Diego Padres
The New York Mets (47-51) have come out of the All Star Break playing well, winning eight of their last…
Read more »Pining For Oakland?
Back in 1988, Darryl Strawberry was asked about someday playing for the Dodgers, returning to his roots in Southern California….
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 »Anonymously Unraveled
Updated:The baseball that Zack Wheeler took apart on Saturday night became a microcosm for the Mets season on Sunday. Steven…
Read more »7/16/17 Game Preview: Colorado Rockies at New York Mets
Even though their General Manager essentially waved the white flag on Friday, the New York Mets (41-47) haven’t given up….
Read more »New York Mets Set Rotation to Begin Second Half
The New York Mets have set their rotation to begin the second half on Friday, when they open a three…
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 »The Shrinking Margin Of Error
Zack Wheeler didn’t have a bad outing. Really, he didn’t. Wheeler pitched six innings and only gave up two runs…
Read more »The One That Got Away (Whether it be Game or Season)
Not that it’s a full proof plan to predict baseball outcomes based on starting pitching matchups, but Matz vs. Strasburg…
Read more »7/3/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Washington Nationals
The New York Mets (38-43) had a downer on Sunday, dropping the finale of their weekend set with the Philadelphia…
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 »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 »Metstradamus Game Preview: New York Mets at Miami Marlins
The New York Mets (34-42) got a dose of reality last night in their 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins…
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 »Wild Wacky Action Team
Returning to the old baseball axiom of “you’re going to win 54, you’re going to lose 54, it’s what you…
Read more »I’m Back (In New York) And We’re Back (To Mediocre)
One of the reasons I love doing road trips is the slight chance that you could travel a long way…
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 »Winning Your Love Back One Start at a Time
In this season that has resembled a mixture of the Big Apple Circus and the Oregon Trail, it’s nice to…
Read more »Satan Has Many Agents
After the game on Saturday, I got a request to create this photo: Which is weird because a day after…
Read more »And It Begins
+–cd=-0p going so well too. Jacob deGrom was throwing at full capacity. Matt Harvey was hitting mid-90’s. Even Travis d’Arnaud…
Read more »Tim Tebow: The Most Anticipated Warm Body in Baseball History
<![CDATA[So Tim Tebow is actually going to be playing baseball in a New York Mets uniform on SNY. It's further…
Read more »I’m Not Afraid Of Jason Bay
Heidi Klum says it best: Either you’re in, or you’re out. The re-signing of Yoenis Cespedes put the Mets in…
Read more »The One Where I Take Over The Winter Meetings
I’m like the guy at your family’s holiday functions that brags about the one good thing he did in the…
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