Mets doomed by latest flat performance in loss to Rockies
DENVER — This easy schedule is hurting the Mets. Continuing their recent trend of playing to their opponents’ level, the Mets wasted scoring opportunities in the middle and late innings of a 6-3 loss to the Rockies on Tuesday night at Coors Field. The Mets’ latest mediocre performance comes after they lost two of three […]
Francisco Alvarez making ‘no excuse’ for concerning Mets power drought
DENVER — Francisco Alvarez has been a great addition to pitching staffs this season, but he’s lacking the offensive numbers for which he’s made a name for himself. The Mets catcher entered Tuesday’s game batting .263/.327/.419, which are the numbers most teams want from their starting catcher. But Alvarez hit just five home runs in […]
Mets’ Tyrone Taylor makes Carlos Mendoza look like ‘genius’
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Ostensibly the No. 4 outfielder, Tyrone Taylor said he found his surprising promotion to No. 2 in the Mets’ lineup “amazing.” It doesn’t sound like it will last long, but it was cool while it lasted. Taylor’s on-field performance may be far more impressive than his .236 batting average and .679 […]
This Mets win was sneaky important in MLB playoff race
These things happen sometimes. They happen all the time. They’re not must-win games, because playing must-win baseball games in August is just something that, frankly, you don’t have the luxury of a baseball season. So it wasn’t that the Mets were facing a must-win game early Monday evening as they arrived in eastern Missouri on […]
Sean Manaea’s gem, big inning lead Mets to win over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — In the run-up to the unusual event of cramming a one-off make-up game into an already jam-packed road trip for the Mets, the significance of the novelty was somewhat easy to forget. Carlos Mendoza’s team entered the game 1.5 games back in the race for the final National League wild card […]
Mets drop series to Angels as bats stay quiet in disappointing start to road trip
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Mets didn’t lose a series in July, but the heat at the start of August made it a struggle. In particular, the lineup that put the team back in wild-card contention before the All-Star break was shaky all weekend against the Angels, but was most evident on Sunday. The Mets managed […]
Mets’ Jose Quintana struggles through rare rough outing
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It was an afternoon of too much “trying” and not enough pitching control for Jose Quintana. The left-hander has been the team’s best starter since mid-June, but he put runners on base early in Sunday’s game against the Angels and stretched his pitch count. The best thing that can be said about […]
J.D. Martinez ‘not thrilled’ with Mets’ one-day stop in St. Louis during taxing road trip
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Instead of spending their offseason with the Rockies, the Mets will be reuniting with Archie. Because of this schedule, the Mets will play a make-up game in St. Louis on Monday before traveling to Colorado the next day to begin a new series. They lost 3-2 to the Angels on Sunday and […]
Mets’ new-look bullpen falters late in crushing loss to Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Mets’ revamped bullpen suffered its first major misstep Saturday. Relief pitcher Huascar Brazovan, acquired from the Marlins on Tuesday just before the trade deadline, was given the leadoff in the seventh inning against the Angels and had an easy start, striking out two. But the hard-hitting right-hander couldn’t get the third […]
Brandon Sproat gets closer to Mets after Triple-A promotion
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Brandon Sproat has earned himself one promotion to the major leagues thanks to his recent dominating pitching performances. The star right-hander was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday, a day after striking out 13 batters for Double-A Binghamton. Sproat began the season with High-A Brooklyn and appeared in 17 games, posting a […]