Tag: Jose Reyes

Flop In July Leads To A Mets Sell Off
At the end of June, it was clear that the New York Mets would be set for their last stand…
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A Tale of Two Pitches
Here lies Jacob deGrom’s win streak. May it rest in peace. It stopped at eight on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners,…
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7/28/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Seattle Mariners
The New York Mets (47-53) began their sell off yesterday when they shipped first baseman Lucas Duda to the Tampa…
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How Jacob deGrom, Yoenis Cespedes, and Addison Reed React To Stress
Zack Wheeler hit the disabled list for the second time in about a month, this time with a “stress reaction“,…
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It’s Too Hot To Cover First Base
The heat will make one do crazy things. It obviously also makes you not do routine things. The “real feel”,…
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Jacob deGrom Is The Baseball Brodie
I’m starting to think Jacob deGrom is the Russell Westbrook of the Mets. He’s won seven straight starts now after…
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Look Up! It’s Everyone Else In The Standings!
Zack Wheeler was facing Paul DeJong in the sixth with a runner on and the Mets up 1-0 on Monday….
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The Sod Was Exceedingly Soft
The Mets must be concerned about my sleep patterns, because they’re making it a point out of the break to…
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7/8/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals
Even though Jacob deGrom wasn’t at his best last night, the New York Mets (39-45) found a way to pick…
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Arm Flex
This mini-resurgence (and sorry, it’s still a mini-resurgence) is a battle of math vs. eyes. The math tells you that…
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Marlins Get Matzlacked
Starting pitching has been such a key to the past few seasons. Unfortunately, it’s been on the negative side this…
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As Long As Jacob Doesn’t Request a Trade …
Updated:Don’t worry, we’ll touch on Asdrubal Cabrera. But lost in that whole mess is that the Astros have declared interest…
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Asdrubal Wants Off Sinking Ship
So it looks like we have our first bit of Mets dissention … really in Terry Collins’ tenure, when you…
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Strength is Weakness, Weakness is Maddening
It’s never good when, in the realm of Mets history, there’s a statement about you that ends: “… for the…
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Apologies
First Apology: I’m sorry I didn’t blog after Thursday night’s 8-3 loss to the Nationals. Usually I would go for…
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Maybe It’s Me
The Mets defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Orange County, California by a score of 7-5 on Saturday. The game…
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Putting the Fun in Fundies (For The Other Teams, Of Course)
Updated:The Diamondbacks must have the same scouting reports that the Royals did. Arizona defeated the Mets 5-4 on Tuesday. They…
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The Audition
To many people, Wednesday night was Bartolo Colon’s audition to rejoin the Mets rotation because, well, we need him. And…
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Jose Reyes Is Using the Whole Field Again
The 2017 MLB regular season hasn’t exactly started how the New York Mets envisioned it. Unless they anticipated an 11-14 record…
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Call Me Crazy
Updated:The Mets had to bounce back on Monday night not only from 23-5, but from the news that Noah Syndergaard…
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So Many Missteps
So here it is. Two days after I wonder if the Mets were going to start to take the shackles…
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Maybe a Logo With a Walking Boot Would Be More Appropriate
WPIX went all out promoting this Mets series against the Nationals. Lots of video vignettes, and even a “collision in the…
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Jose Reyes Wobbles And The Ball Falls Down
It was all going so swimmingly. The Mets had a 2-1 lead over the Phillies at Citi Field. Zack Wheeler…
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A Lost Weekend Brings Questions
One thing I hate doing is proclaiming games as some sort of “jumping off point” or “the turning point of…
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Infuriatingly and Frustratingly Beautiful
It’s what makes baseball infuriatingly beautiful, right? Thursday night, the Mets win a game they have no business winning. Then…
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Bon Voyage, David
When David Wright smacked a base hit to left field against Houston on Monday I thought “y’know, maybe I was…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (Shortstop)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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What Now, Brown Cow? (Third Base)
With the off season fast approaching, it’s time for Sandy Alderson to get to work. We’ll be moving around the…
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