Final Score: Pirates 3, Mets 2 - When all else fails, just blame the umps
The Mets lose an absolute heart-breaker.-Jacob deGrom certainly wasn't flawless tonight, but he was efficient. The Mets young starter dealt 90 pitches over 6.2 innings and was generally very good,...
View ArticleMets vs Pirates Recap: Pitching shines, but offense unable to cash in for deGrom
Jacob deGrom had a solid start and Jenrry Mejia bailed them out twice, but the Mets couldn't put more than two runs on the board.It was another solid start tonight for Jacob deGrom, and in what seems...
View ArticleMets Morning News: Umpires nearly cost Mets, lack of offense does it instead
Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.Meet the MetsChoose Your Recap: Amazin' Avenue Short, Long, MLB.com, ESPN NY, New York Times, Star-Ledger, NY Post,...
View ArticleProspect Retrospective: Scott Kazmir, LHP, Oakland Athletics
A reader recently asked me to review the prospect background and career of Oakland Athletics lefty Scott Kazmir, who was given up for dead a few years ago but has rebuilt his game and is one of the top...
View ArticleMets Daily Farm Report, June 29, 2014: Dilson Herrera and Steven Matz buckle...
Catch up on all of yesterday's minor league action from around the Mets' farm system!*All results from games played on Saturday, June 28, 2014Triple-A - Las Vegas 51s...
View ArticleFinal Score: Pirates 5, Mets 2—Bartolo not sharp, lineup dull in loss
The Mets lost for the third time in four games in Pittsburgh.Bartolo Colon’s string of excellent pitching came to an end in Pittsburgh this afternoon as the Mets lost to the Pirates. Colon gave up...
View ArticleMets vs. Pirates Recap: Mets walk the plank in Pittsburgh
Bartolo Colon wasn't good, but the Mets' lineup was a bit worse as the team lost its third of four games against the Pirates.The Mets’ four-game weekend series in Pittsburgh didn’t go nearly as well as...
View ArticleMets Player Performance Meter: Hitters, Week 13
A review of the Mets' position players over the last seven days.The Mets bombarded the A's with ten runs on Tuesday night to begin the last week of play, but they were a little bit up and down from...
View ArticleMiami Marlins' Andrew Heaney plagued by home runs
Miami Marlins' top pitching prospect Andrew Heaney has started his major league career 0-3 following a loss to Oakland on Sunday afternoon. Heaney has yielded three home runs in just 17 innings...
View ArticleSeries Preview: Braves Vs. Mets
The Mets are back in town. I guess it's time to meet them, or something.Hey guys, look! The Braves are finally playing the Mets again! We haven't seen our rivals in blue-and-orange since the 2014...
View ArticleSeries Preview: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
The Braves have been just one run better than the Mets this season.What's going on with the Braves?Atlanta is seven games in front of the Mets and sitting in first place in the National League East,...
View ArticleMets Injury Update: David Wright out until Friday with shoulder injury
The Amazins will play with 24 men until the captain's return.We got good news over the weekend when we learned that David Wright's shoulder injury, which has kept him out of New York's lineup since...
View ArticleFrank Cashen has passed away at age 88
The architect of the Mets' legendary 1986 World Series champion team has died.Former Mets general manager Frank Cashen has died today at age 88. Here is a statement from the Mets CEO Fred Wilpon:On...
View ArticleFinal Score: Braves 5, Mets 3 — Fundamentals failure
The Mets committed three errors in the eighth inning and blew a 3-1 lead. No happy endings here.The Mets blew a late 3-1 lead in horrific fashion, committing three errors en route to allowing four runs...
View ArticleMets vs Braves Recap: Terror at Turner as Mets lose 5-3
The Mets committed three errors in an eighth inning to forget at Turner Field, transforming a 3-1 lead into a 5-3 deficit in the process.For about seven-and-one-half innings, this looked like it would...
View ArticleAround the Empire: New York Yankees News - 7/1/14
New York Times | Tyler Kepner: The Yankees need to get more from Brian McCann if they want to have a successful 2014 campaign.It's About the Money | Brad Vietrogoski: The Yankees lost the series...
View ArticleMets Daily Farm Report, July 1, 2014: Solid pitching, timely hits, lots of wins
Catch up on all of yesterday's minor league action from around the Mets farm system!*All results from games played on Monday, June 30th, 2014Triple-A - Las Vegas 51s...
View ArticleMets Morning News: Where have you gone Mr. Cashen? Mets nation turns its...
Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.Meet the MetsWell, Mets fans, the game last night wasn't much fun. After a solid outing by Zack Wheeler, the Mets bullpen and...
View ArticleFinal Score: Braves 5, Mets 4 — Two-out magic puts spell on Amazins
Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed a series of damaging two-out run-scoring hits, dooming the Mets in yet another one-run loss at the House of Horrors.The Braves took the first lead of the game on an RBI single...
View ArticleMets vs Braves Recap: Another one-run bummer
Atlanta's flurry of two-out RBIs sunk the Mets, who fall just short yet again for the 20th time this season.If you missed tonight's game because you were still brooding about the US losing to Belgium...
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