Mets 6 Angels 1
A surprising outburst by the Met offensive coupled with solid starting pitching allowed the Flushings to even up the series.
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Mets Game 95: Loss to Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks 4 Mets 3 It’s one thing to watch a painful loss. It’s another to watch a painfully long game that ends in a loss. It took the Mets 4 hours and 45 minutes to lose to the Diamondbacks in a game that appeared to be lost as early as the third inning. The only … Read more
Phillies To Acquire Oswalt?
According to ESPN columnist Jayson Stark, via Twitter: According to sources close to the situation, a Jayson Werth trade is imminent and further, the Phillies have stepped up their efforts to acquire an arm with the news that Jamie Moyer has an elbow strain. With Werth slumping badly lately, the Phillies are looking to dump … Read more
Should Mets Clean the Farm for a Pitcher?
As you know, MetsToday welcomes feedback, commentary, questions, and opinions from you, the visitor. Usually the discussion takes place in the comments section, but sometimes a question comes up that doesn’t apply to a specific post. As a result, I do on occasion receive excellent questions via email, and try to answer them here whenever possible — for the benefit of everyone.
So, from the MetsToday mailbag is this question … er, demand … from “Nicky A”:
Joe, I demand you address the trade deadline and whether or not the Mets should go all in for a starting pitcher or pick up another part to the rotation. Shouldn’t it be acceptable to clean out the farm, sans Ike Davis, Mejia, for Danny Haren?
First off, thank you for the demand, Nicky. Lord knows I don’t have enough demands placed on me over the course of a day. Second, consider the trade deadline addressed as well as a letter to Santa — because if a frontline starting pitcher like Danny Haren suits up in the orange and blue in 2010, it will feel like Christmas to Mets fans.
In all seriousness, you pose an intriguing thought that nearly every Mets fan has at least entertained at one point or another this season. If the Mets keep their current hot streak going, and stay near or at the top of the NL East come the All-Star Break, should they mortgage the future for a shot at something special in the present?
Mets Game 105: Loss to Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks 6 Mets 5 A split would’ve been so nice … but at least the hometown boys gave us a ballgame! The game appeared over within minutes after it started, as recent callup Nelson Figueroa allowed 6 runs on 10 hits in his 1 2/3 innings. So much for taking some strain off the bullpen. … Read more