Tag: Travis d’Arnaud
New York Mets Give Young Guns Plenty of Playing Time In September
The 2017 season essentially ended for the New York Mets on April 30th, when Noah Syndergaard suffered a partial lat…
Read more »Double The Nonsense
Game 1 of the Mets doubleheader against the Braves featured Atlanta manager Brian Snitker challenging a play at first base…
Read more »9/24/17 Game Preview: Washington Nationals at New York Mets
Despite losing 4-3 last night, the New York Mets (66-88) had a successful game last night. Noah Syndergaard made his…
Read more »Travis d’Arnaud Has Quietly Produced His Best Offensive Numbers
It has been no doubt a disappointing season for the New York Mets, and one of the easiest scapegoats has…
Read more »Switching Genres And Switching Closers (But There’s No Switching Universes)
Gary, Keith and Ron called Friday’s game against the Nationals from the Citi Perk seats just below the Shea Bridge. They…
Read more »9/22/17 Game Preview: Washington Nationals at New York Mets
The New York Mets (65-87) had a bad road trip, dropping seven of nine games, including two series sweeps. The…
Read more »9/18/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Miami Marlins
The New York Mets (65-84) had a solid weekend in Atlanta, earning a series win over the Braves at SunTrust…
Read more »9/16/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
It hasn’t been a good week for the New York Mets (63-84), who have lost five games in a row…
Read more »You Don’t Know What You Have Until …
There’s a movie called “It’s Complicated”, where Alec Baldwin tries to have an affair with his ex-wife Meryl Streep and…
Read more »9/14/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
In a series that has a ton of meaning for one team and none for the other, it’s not surprising…
Read more »“Can You Believe This?”
I said it five days ago, I’ll say it today, and I’ll continue to say it every time he starts…
Read more »9/10/17 Game Preview: Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
While most of the sporting world’s attention is on the first full Sunday of NFL football, the New York Mets…
Read more »Deeper Meaning
As if we needed any more hints as to what a fantastically terrible season this has been, Travis d’Arnaud was…
Read more »Cache
Look, Jacob deGrom has built so much goodwill for me that giving up nine runs to the hated Philadelphia Phillies…
Read more »9/5/17 Game Preview: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets
The New York Mets (59-78) continued their recent run of dominance over the Philadelphia Phillies (52-85) by scoring an 11-7…
Read more »9/3/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Houston Astros
Saturday was a great day for the Houston Astros (82-53), who made a triumphant return to Minute Maid Park by…
Read more »8/31/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds
The New York Mets (58-74) saw Rafael Montero deliver his finest start of the season yesterday, tossing 8.1 innings of…
Read more »8/29/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds
The New York Mets (57-73) got off to a decent start on their road trip, splitting a four game series…
Read more »Was That … Fun?
After blowing a 5-0 lead built on a three run home run by Asdrubal Cabrera and a two run home…
Read more »8/22/17 Game Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets
The New York Mets (54-69) got a good pitching performance last night from Robert Gsellman, but it wasn’t good enough…
Read more »8/20/17 Game Preview: Miami Marlins at New York Mets
The New York Mets (54-67) snapped their five game losing streak last night by picking up an 8-1 win over…
Read more »8/17/17 Game Preview: New York Yankees at New York Mets
The New York Mets (53-65) can’t wait for the Subway Series to be over. The New York Yankees (64-55) have…
Read more »Catch 22
It seemed to be impossible to find a moment in 2017 that could top Noah Syndergaard walking off the mound…
Read more »8/16/17 Game Preview: New York Yankees at New York Mets
The Subway Series hasn’t gone too well for the New York Mets (53-64) so far. The Mets have dropped the…
Read more »Attitude
Carrying a losing team on your back must cause fatigue. You saw it in Jacob deGrom on Tuesday, as he…
Read more »8/15/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at New York Yankees
The latest edition of the Subway Series started with a surprisingly low scoring game featuring two starters with ERA’s near…
Read more »R Train To Hell
I wanted to say that Terry Collins was at fault for using Hansel Robles for a second inning of work….
Read more »8/12/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
Even when things have gone badly for the New York Mets (52-61) in the past few years, the one thing…
Read more »8/10/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
The New York Mets (50-61) had a bad homestand, going 1-4 in five games against the Los Angeles Dodgers and…
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