Category Archives: New York Mets

Mets are getting calls about Bobby Parnell

Over the weekend, Boston Globe writer Nick Cafardo reported that Bobby Parnell is in demand. The 27-year-old right hander has been very effective so far this season and there are a lot of teams out there with injured or just … Continue reading

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Mets get good pitching this weekend, also a pair of wins

Friday night’s bullpen collapse and 5-4 loss to Arizona couldn’t have been very good for Mets morale, but over the course of the next two days, the scraptastic New York club picked itself up and earned a pair of victories. … Continue reading

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Mets can’t hang onto lead, lose to D-backs 5-4

It was tough sledding for the Mets once again last night, as they lost their fourth straight game and fell to 13-13 on the season. I guess it’s nice to get to .500 by losing four straight instead of winning … Continue reading

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Miguel Batista is going to start again, Vinny Rottino called up

I really, really thought that the Mets were going to promote Jeremy Hefner and give him an opportunity to start a big league game, but that apparently is not going to happen… yet. Today the Mets made a roster move … Continue reading

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Schwinden not so hot in 8-1 Mets loss to Astros

Chris Schwinden has failed to get through five innings for the second time in two big league starts this season, and it’s become unclear if he’ll get a chance at another. After Schwinden allowed five runs on two Chris Johnson … Continue reading

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Mets lose in Houston again, try to avoid sweep today

Well, what a bummer. Jon Niese finally had a bad start, and the Mets just could not catch up. Today Houston ace Wandy Rodriguez is on the mound versus New York non-ace Chris Schwinden. I wrote about last night’s game … Continue reading

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Kirk Nieuwenhuis might be Rookie of the Month?

With one month of Major League Baseball in the books for 2012, it’s soon going to be time to bust out the monthly awards. Over at ESPN New York Adam Rubin discusses Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ chances of being the first Met … Continue reading

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Jed Lowrie RBI single spells doom for Mets in Houston

It seems almost too fitting that guys with first names like Jed and Bud would be heroes for the Houston Astros, but that’s what happened last night at Minute Maid Park. Houston shortstop Jed Lowrie hit a single up the … Continue reading

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Resilient Mets blow leads, win anyway

The Mets won the rubber game in Denver yesterday 6-5 over the Rockies in a wild game that saw the Mets lose leads of 4-0 in the eighth and 5-4 in the tenth before finally pulling through in the eleventh … Continue reading

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Mets bounce back, defeat Rockies 7-5

I didn’t see a lot of last night’s Mets game because I was out doing some real socializing, but I did hear that Dillon Gee pitched a great game. In a spot where the Mets need Gee to go deep … Continue reading

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