May 20
Mets had an up and down week, ending on a high note Sunday afternoon with a comeback victory over the Chicago Cubs. What stood out: - Mets starters posted four quality starts this week. Marcum, Hefner, Harvey and Niese all had good starts this week. Quality starts are admittedly a low standard for pitching …
May 14
Matt Harvey has made the cover of Sports Illustrated. In what has been a continued attempt to find a nickname for Harvey the S.I. cover calls Matt “The Dark Knight of Gotham”. Check it out. – Link
May 13
The Mets were briefly in third place in the NL East this week, however, aside from two walk-off victories, the Mets lost their other four games. What stood out: - Nothing fancy here folks, the Mets are playing some bad baseball. Poor pitching from both relievers and starters and poor hitting up and down …
May 13
During yesterday’s telecast SNY displayed this week’s upcoming pitching matchups against the Cardinals and it doesn’t look pretty. The first thing I thought of when I saw this wasn’t “Wow, look how good the Cardinals’ starters have been” it was realizing just how bad our rotation has really been outside of Matt Harvey. The …
May 12
First off I would like to wish all the female readers of this blog a Happy Mother’s Day – whether you have children – or are a “parent” of a pet. This past Wednesday I had the opportunity to interview current Mets catcher John Buck. He discussed everything from his hot start, Matt Harvey, and …
May 08
The legend of Matt Harvey continues to grow as last night was his best performance yet. Harvey pitched nine innings while allowing only one hit, which was an infield single with two outs in the 7th, on his way to retiring 27 of the 28 batters he faced while striking out 12. This was one …
May 06
The Mets had a dramatic week against their division rivals in Miami and Atlanta. What stood out: - Matt Harvey and David Wright are elite players and are playing like it. According to Fan Graphs and Baseball Reference WAR calculations, Harvey is second among NL pitchers. The two sites have Wright tied for tenth …
May 02
New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey was named earlier today MLB NL Pitcher of the Month of April. Harvey posted a 4-0 record with a 1.56/ERA. Past Mets NL Pitcher of the Month Honors have gone to: 2012 R.A. Dickey (June) 2009 Johan Santana (April) 2008 Johan Santana (September) 2007 John Maine (April)
May 02
This past series against the Marlins was an interesting one for Bobby Parnell. He suffered a blown save, a benching of sorts, and easily converted a save. In a nutshell those three games seemed to sum up Parnell’s young career as a closer. The blown save in game 1 of the series was a …
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