Community Projection: Bartolo Colon
What kind of season will Bartolo Colon have? Read a season preview and provide your own projection."A Day In The Life Of Bartolo Colon" would probably be the greatest original program ever produced by...
View ArticleA Mets Farm System Popularity Contest
Pretty simple: Who will you be watching this season?Today is Opening Day for the minor leagues(!) -- always a joyous occasion around these parts. Additionally, it typically makes me curious....
View ArticleNationals Sweep Season-Opening Series With 8-2 Win Over Mets
The Washington Nationals swept the season-opening three-game series from the New York Mets with an 8-2 win this afternoon in Citi Field. Tanner Roark got the call to start late when Jordan Zimmermann...
View ArticleNationals Sweep Season-Opening Series With 8-2 Win Over Mets
Tanner Roark was the emergency starter after Jordan Zimmermann was scratched with flu-like symptoms, but the Nats' right-hander put together a strong outing in the Washington Nationals' 8-2...
View ArticleGame 3 WPA: Countdown to 100 losses at... 100. Nats 8, Mets 2
Roark brings some quality after a surprise start, Zimmy decides he wants to be a .500 hitter, too, and Desmond is a GDP machine (in the wrong way).Via FangraphsNo notice? No problem!Tanner Roark...
View ArticleFinal Score: Nationals 8, Mets 2 — They Stink!
The Mets are swept by the Nationals after another cover-your-eyes performance by the New York bullpen.The Mets hopefully won't be this bad all season long, but right now they are pretty dreadful. Once...
View ArticleMets reportedly decide on Lucas Duda at first base ... for now
The Mets actually aren't in all that bad of shape at first base, but the way they've treated the position to begin the season would lead one to believe otherwise.The New York Mets plan to give Lucas...
View ArticleMets Daily Farm Report, April 4, 2014: Opening Day!
Catch up on all of yesterday’s minor league action from around the Mets farm system!Welcome back to the Mets Daily Farm Report! Here we'll be recapping all of the previous night's action in the minor...
View ArticleMets Morning News: Terry defends Murph, might be benching Ike
Your Friday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.Meet the MetsThe Mets lost to the Nationals 8-2 on Thursday and are now 0-3 for the season. Choose your recap:...
View ArticleGio Gonzalez and his curve
Gio Gonzalez proves how a pitch can evolve over time and still be effective.Gio Gonzalez learned his curveball from his dad. That was when he was 13 years old. Today, pitching in the big leagues for...
View ArticleMiami Marlins' offseason additions fuel Opening Series success
The Miami Marlins sought to add offense throughout the offseason, and it was the offense that helped the Marlins win their first series of 2014. Jose Fernandez, Nathan Eovaldi, and Miami's bullpen were...
View Article1999: Steve spends, Rickey runs, Piazza plummets
Join us on our first weekly look back on the 1999 Mets, wherein Steve Phillips spends madly, Rickey Henderson runs wild, and everyone gets hurt.It can be argued that the 1999 Mets were the most...
View ArticleCommunity Projection: Zack Wheeler
What kind of season will Zack Wheeler have? Read a season preview and provide your own projection.After Zack Wheeler enjoyed a strong, but not dominant, season in 2013, perhaps media outlets will show...
View ArticleReds vs. Mets Series Preview with Mets Musings
Podcasting on the Reds' weekend series in New York.Tonight the Reds kick off a 3-game weekend series against the Mets in New York. I joined Gary McDonald with the Mets Musings podcast to give some...
View ArticleJimmy Rollins, Daniel Murphy, and Paternity Leave
Jimmy Rollins is away from the team for the birth of his second child. Daniel Murphy left the Mets for the birth of his first child. This is a wonderful thing . . . and yet there are still Neanderthals...
View ArticleBrandon Nimmo is the best, takes time with a fan
Here's Mets prospect Brandon Nimmo taking time to talk with a young fan. I don't know whether the little spanker drew a picture of Nimmo or wrote him some sonnets or what, but it's a sweet photo and...
View ArticleSeries Preview: Cincinnati Reds vs. New York Mets
Cincinnati follows the rain clouds east for a three-game set in New York.What's going on with the Reds?Considering that they failed to score a run in their first 17 innings of the 2014 season, a 1-1...
View ArticleGame 4 WPA: Stuck. Nats 1, RFB 2
Well, they can't always play against the Mets bullpen, but we can certainly try not to be thrown out on the basepaths quite so embarrassingly.Via FangraphsFlu:Jordan Zimmermann (+10.3%) gives up a solo...
View ArticleDuda Man Trucks Reds. NYM 4, CIN 3.
Maybe just walk him next time?The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the GameJay Bruce has made a pretty damn good habit of honking big donkers in recent years, and the one he honked tonight once...
View ArticleWeekend Digest: Kipnis extended; Baylor breaks leg; Rangers fans trash statue
MLB news from the this past week.Indians extend Jason KipnisKipnis is the third Indians player this year to receive a contract extension along with Michael Brantley (4 yrs. $25 million) and Yan Gomes...
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