Saturday was my first game out at Citi Field this year (Am I the only one who still calls it Shea?). I was less than enthused as Travis Hefner was the starter. However, as I viewed the stats on the jumbo screen at Citi for the Mets bullpen, I found myself wishing and hoping that [...] more... 
After an impressive performance in Cincy, where he struck out 8 while only giving up 4 hits and walking 1, 23 year old Matt Harvey is giving Mets fans a reason to believe for next season. In 5 starts this season Harvey has struck out 34 but has also walked 13, giving him a K/BB [...] more... 
It’s no secret that the Mets bullpen has been their tiny, uncovered, exhaust port (because that worked so well for the Death Star) in what has been an almost logic defying season. As we near the trading deadline Sandy Alderson has another important decision to make as GM – what to do about a closer [...] more... 
You may be looking at the date of this post and thinking to yourself, “he’s a little late. The Mets already played the series in Chicago.” but you’d be wrong. In a season of measured expectations where the idea of finishing in 2nd to last was supposed to be heralded as a major feat for [...] more... 
Seething! That’s the feeling for this die hard Mets fan. Have the Mets largely overachieved until this point and what we saw against the Yankees is what this team really is? Or was this another bump in the road that will define this team’s resourcefulness to bounce back after adversity? We’ll keep this one short [...] more... Sandy Alderson did the right thing today and manned up about the bullpen failures given it’s really the one place he actually tried to do something about in the off-season. “The bullpen has been a frustration, there’s no question about it,” Alderson said. “We made an attempt to fix it, and at this point it [...] more... 
Our team has a small group of players to which I’ve given the affectionate title of Scrub Squad. Miguel Batista has somehow kept himself in the rotation despite walking people like it’s how you get through an inning by virtue of Terry Collins’ unshakeable faith. Within two days we’ve been treated to diametrically opposed spectacles: [...] more... 
We’ve seen enough. Frank Francisco single-handedly ruined the weekend for the Mets and their fans. And now it’s time for Terry Collins to promote Parnell to closer. You might say Rauch should close because of his experience as a closer and the fact that he’s pitched well this year, but I want to see Parnell in [...] more... 
For much of their existence this has been a goal of the New York Mets. Save for a few years in the mid-80′s when being the absolute best team in baseball was achievable. Regardless, last season with all of its injuries and this season with it’s slashed payroll roster, being considered “good” would be a [...] more... 
The Bullpen and the Intangibles If I know anything about baseball, it’s that a bullpen can make or break your season (see 2006 Mets for the make, 2008 Mets for the break) and that relief pitchers’ performances from year to year are about as easy to predict as the stock market, unless you’re Bernie Madoff. [...] more...