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Top 10 ways Mets have frustrated followers

September 27, 2010 by kenttekulve29

It has been another frustrating season for the New York Mets and their fans. The Mets spent eight days in last place early in the season and last led the National League East on April 30. Their offense totally collapsed in July, they couldn’t get a big hit when needed and key pitchers slumped at […]

2010 Mets Dopplegangers

September 13, 2010 by Brian Joura

One of the difficult things when analyzing the Mets offense this year is to separate the names from the numbers they have actually produced. Sure, yesterday’s lineup had Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and David Wright in it but is it accurate to consider the performance the Mets are receiving from these players in 2010 to […]

Dreadful offense dooms July

August 1, 2010 by Brian Joura

After a terrific June in which the team went 18-8, the Mets followed up with a brutal July, in which they posted a dismal 9-17 record. Everyone points to the 2-9 road trip that opened up the second half of the season but the bad play started before the break, when the Mets went 2-4 […]

Sink or Swim Time for the Mets

July 22, 2010 by metfandan74

Prior to Wednesday night’s game at Arizona, the Mets players held a 15-minute team meeting to address their recent struggles and map out a plan to rectify their losing ways. The meeting may help out in the long run, but after a grueling 14-inning affair on Wednesday night the Mets were swept by the lowly […]

Mets Report Card

July 13, 2010 by metfandan74

The All-Star break is upon us and it’s natural to look forward. The Mets at 48-40, four games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL and one game behind in the wild card race. Below is a list of Mets players with a grade given to each hitter and pitcher on how they have […]

Mets rally falls short

July 5, 2010 by Other

The New York Mets (46-37) rallied from a 7-1 deficit, responding to the Cincinnati Reds six-run fifth inning with five runs of their own, but the rally fell short as the Reds held off the Mets 8-6. Mets manager Jerry Manuel was thrown out of the game in the fifth inning, after the umpiring crew […]

Mets bounce back in DC

July 3, 2010 by Other

The New York Mets (45-35) scored four runs in the fourth inning and Jonathon Niese pitched seven innings in a 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals Friday night. The Mets are now 17-23 on the road and 4-6 against the Nationals this season. New York Mets @ Washington Nationals … recap and boxscore ### Post Game […]

Road sweep is latest good thing

June 14, 2010 by Brian Joura

The Orioles are not very good. But it counts when the Yankees and Red Sox beat them and it counts when the Mets do the same. And given the team’s poor road record this year, the three-game sweep in Baltimore was met with open arms. Perhaps most encouraging was how the sweep was a total […]

Murphy’s Law rears ugly head again

June 4, 2010 by metfandan74

While it may not have been as damaging as the injuries that piled up last season for the Mets, Daniel Murphy’s season-ending injury will certainly have ramifications with the roster in to the summer. Murphy was perhaps days away from being recalled before he again was involved in another freak accident. On Wednesday night in […]

Bad Luck With RISP

April 16, 2010 by Brian Joura

One day after going 1-12 with Runners in Scoring Position (RISP), the Mets had a much better time of it Thursday, going 4-14. Still, production with RISP has been one of the trouble spots for the Mets early in the 2010 season. After nine games, the team has a .554 OPS with RISP. How bad […]