Articles by metstradamus (1419)

Outkicking The Coverage of 2024 With Sean Manaea
I’m as unhappy about the Mets off season as you are. But what the Mets are doing that is different…
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Hey I’m Bored … Let’s Start An Evan Longoria Rumor!
Updated:"Nothing is hot right now" regarding Mets player signings, says one official. The November trade and free agent markets have…
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Mets Release Adrian Gonzalez, Who Doesn’t Get “Proper Sendoff”
Updated:The Sunday Night News Dump is something the Mets just made up as they went along, as after their victory…
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Surprise! Craig Counsell Is NOT The Next Mets Manager
Updated:Money talks. But home whispers sweet nothings. And that’s why Craig Counsell is the manager of the Chicago Cubs today,…
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An Ending Most Grand
Updated:Francisco Alvarez hit his first home run since September 12th, and added a second one off a pitcher making his…
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The Birth Of The American Spork
They always say “beware of September stats”. That phrase came from a time where rosters were expanded to 40, and…
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9/30/23 Doubleheader Preview: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets
Updated:Because of the rain which washed out the end of Thursday’s game and all of Friday’s game (I’m sure Skip…
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Let’s Draw Out Skip Schumaker’s Misery, Shall We?
Updated:I really wasn’t going to say much about this game. David Peterson pitched seven great innings, the Mets took the…
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Care Level
Updated:It might be astounding to some of you how much I still care about a team playing out the string….
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Small Encouragement Through The Windstorm
Updated:Waiting for the dust to settle on a tough season can be brutal … especially on a day like today…
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Ring The Bell That Tolls For Thee
Updated:The Mets were eliminated from playoff contention on Friday. Perhaps you could say that the Mets were eliminated from playoff…
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The End Justified That Baseball Is Mean
In the top of the 9th inning, Pete Alonso faced Jose Alvarado as the go ahead run with the Phillies…
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The Ballad Of D.J. Stewart’s Ice Pack
Updated:There were more outstanding performances for the Mets tonight in their 8-3 victory over the Marlins tonight than there were…
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If Trevor Gott Loses A Game In A Forest And Nobody Sees It …
Updated:This game would have really bothered me had it meant something. The Marlins started this game by whining at every…
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The Long Game
I’ve been waiting 15 years for a chance to knock the Marlins out of the playoffs. Seven games in the…
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Big Dummy Misses Big Sexy
I was really excited about coming home and watching the Reds/Mets game on my DVR, and bringing you my irrepressible…
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Pitches Were Made, Lessons Were Learned
I’m really just paying attention to Ronny Mauricio at this point. So let’s get this out of the way: Chaosball…
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9/16/23 Game Preview: Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
The Mets continue to play because the schedule says so, and tonight they will face the Reds in the middle…
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Steers, But No Trumpets
After the trade deadline, the Mets started to take on a new personality. It was inevitable, with the structure of…
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Pro Tips On Seating And Food (And Kodai Senga On The Side)
Pro tip for you sweeties out there: If you ever find yourself at a 4:00 start, don’t sit in section…
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Them’s The Rules
I’m going to put this out there with the NL Wild Card race tightening up tonight with all the teams…
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Hail To The Chief
Updated:It was the worst kept secret in baseball for about a season and a half. Now it looks like it’s…
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Trevor Gott and Drew Smith Walk Into A Bar
Updated:Jose Quintana pitched very well, but the bullpen … stop me if you heard this before. The Mets had a…
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Jaxed Up, Despite What Ya Heard
Let me roll you through Pablo Lopez’s career starts against the Mets before Sunday: 2018: 2 runs in 6 innings…
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Can Rick Peterson Fix Drew Smith? I’ll Even Give Him 20 Minutes!
At least David Peterson looked halfway decent today. I mean, he gave up a 2-0 lead by giving up two…
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Learning In The Minnesota
A huge mark of good pitchers is what they do when they don’t have their good stuff. The start that…
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We Paid Chris Flexen For That
Jose Butto deserved better than that nonsense. Butto, the latest entrant in the “wheel of starting pitching doom” pitched very…
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A Baby Cycle
Updated:Brandon Nimmo hit two home runs, Pete Alonso hit a rocket, and Francisco Lindor went deep to help provide Jose…
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The Mets Stop The Unstoppable (Or At Least Slightly Annoy The Unstoppable)
The Mariners had lost one series since July 17th. Somehow, our rag tag group of also rans became the second…
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