Mets Morning News: Mets fall thanks to very Familia script
Your Saturday dose of New York Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.Meet the MetsThe Mets lost to the Angels last night 5-4 in extra innings after Jeurys Familia plunked Hank Conger...
View Articleminor lines, 4/12/14
Saturday highlight from the Giants' farm: Chris Heston had 6.0 scoreless IP.AAA: Fresno lost to Las Vegas 1-0 (10 innings)Fresno: CF Gary Brown: 2 for 4Fresno: SP Chris Heston: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER,...
View ArticleAngels Lose In Extras On Saturday Night, 7-6 Mets Win
Thank Raul for keeping this one alive. And thank Matt Shoemaker for a loss.Final Score in Anaheim (Game 2):Mets 7 Angels 6WP: John LannanLP: Matt ShoemakerLike yesterday's game, runs starting coming...
View ArticleFinal Score: Mets 7, Angels 6- All's well that ends
They couldn't do it in nine innings, and they definitely couldn't do it before midnight, but the Mets won last night...uh, this morning. Oh whatever, just go to bed all of you.The Mets overcame a...
View ArticleMets vs. Angels Recap: Anthony Recker does it all, except for pitch the ninth...
The Mets got big hits from Omar Quintanilla and Anthony Recker, and fine pitching performances from Gonzalez Germen and John Lannan. The Mets bounced back from a horrible lost on Friday night (granted,...
View ArticleMets Daily Farm Report: April 13, 2014: Dice-K deals, Pill pelted
Catch up on all of yesterday's minor league action from around the Mets farm system!*All results from games played on Saturday, April 12, 2014Triple-A - Las Vegas 51s...
View ArticleAngels Club 5 HR in the Red Jersey, Rout Mets 14-2
Angels win their sixth game in the alternate red jersey (including three in a row). Trout, Pujols, Ibanez, Conger, and Stewart go deep to bring the Angels back to .500 on the season.Still don't believe...
View ArticleFinal Score: Angels 14, Mets 2—Colon blown out
The Mets played a forgettable series finale in Anaheim.After briefly taking a lead in the first inning, the Mets were blown out in Anaheim by the Angels. Bartolo Colon had a brutal start, allowing...
View ArticleMondoLinks: Weekend Recap
MondoLinks: A recap of baseball happenings over this past weekend...and...this week's One Big Idea: Let's finish fisking PECOTA.Well, that was totally confusing to me. Nabbing 2 games out of 3, with a...
View ArticleMets Morning News: Amazins get spanked, Francoeur gets pranked
Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.Meet the MetsBartolo Colon blew up on Sunday afternoon, allowing back-to-back-to-back home runs to the Angels...
View ArticleMets Pitching Review: Gonzalez Germen and his changeup and slider
Germen is off to a fantastic start this year thanks to a great swinging strike rate.After a dreadful performance on Opening Day, the Mets’ bullpen has been much better, particularly over the last week....
View ArticleMets Player Performance Meter: Pitchers, Week 2
It was a bit of a rough week for the Mets' pitching staff.Run prevention wasn't exactly the Mets' specialty over the past week. After shutting out the Braves on Tuesday, they allowed four, four, five,...
View ArticleSnakeBytes 4/14: Spring Cleaning
After a surprising series win in San Francisco, the D-backs returned home and their pitching left them as they gave up a disappointing 19 runs in the 3 games against the Dodgers. The Mets come to town...
View ArticleThe View From Behind the Backstop: Rainy Lara
Rainy Lara was able to rack up the Ks in the lower levels of the minors, but will he pass the all-important Double-A test?Rainy LaraRHP, Binghamton Mets (AA)6'4", 1802014 Prospect Ranking: N/A2013...
View ArticleMets Player Performance Meter: Position players, Week 2
It was mostly another futile week at the plate for the Mets.The Mets' anemic offense continued to be anemic in the second week of the season. If there's an upside here, it's that their 3.92 runs per...
View ArticleSeries Preview: Oakland Athletics
After Sunday's offensive explosion against the Mets, the Angles stay home for anther series and host the American League West's first place team, the A's.Here is rundown of the action coming this...
View ArticleSeries Preview: New York Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
Hopefully the Mets won't pass over an opportunity to win some games in Phoenix.What's going on with the Diamondbacks?The snakes have struggled out of the gate, winning just four of 13 games during the...
View ArticleWhite Sox sign Frank Francisco to a minor league deal
Chicago adds the oft-injured former closer in an effort to bolster their bullpen depth. The Chicago White Sox have signed veteran reliever Frank Francisco to a minor league contract, tweets the...
View ArticleGame #16: Diamondbacks vs. Mets
A three-game losing streak for Arizona, as we greet the New York Mets, who come in for the opening contest in a three-game set at Chase Field. Josh Collmenter moves into the rotation for this one....
View ArticleGame #16: Diamondbacks vs. Mets
Hey, we're playing another team below .500! Hopefully, this series will go better. It can't really go any worse... table.oldschool { border-width: 1px; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: outset;...
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