Three Mets minor league affiliates made the playoffs this year, but none are faring too well. The Rookie league Kingsport Mets were swept by the Greenville Astros. The ‘Stros have been 100% focused on building their minor league system from the bottom-up over the past 2 years, and it appears to be paying off. At … Read more
David Wright missed out on winning the Gold Glove this week – the powers that be decided Chase Headley of the Padres was more worthy. They know that the Gold Glove has nothing to do with home runs, right? In fact, Headley’s Baseball Reference dWAR was 0.0, while Wright’s was 2.1. So, essentialy, a replacement … Read more
The Mets follow up their offensive outburst on Saturday with yet another explosive win over hapless Houston.
R.A. Dickey comes to the rescue, and the Mets finally score a few runs against horrific pitching.
After 18 years managing in the minor leagues, Suffern High School grad and Seton Hall University alum Tony DeFrancesco finally won his first game as a MLB manager. Unfortunately, this is a Mets blog so this milestone doesn’t warm our hearts as much as we’d like it to for the local boy who done good.
Are the Astros this good, or the Mets this not good? A worn and tired-looking Mets club was swept in Houston, with few positive takeaways.
Here are today’s lineups in the contest between the New York Mets and Houston Astros; game time is 2:05 p.m. EST. I’m working all day and through the evening, so please post your notes about the game in the comments; my hot air will go into a postgame wrapup at some point late in the … Read more
The Mets wrap up their thus-far disappointing series in Houston today. It’s not a shock that they seem to be having a “let down” series after three exhausting games in Colorado. On top of that, the flu bug is propagating its way through the Mets locker room like the trollop it is. But the team … Read more
