Category: News
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Terry Collins believes his club is playing ‘tight,’ David Wright begs to differ
The Mets have gone 3-5 on their current nine-game homestand, assured of a sub-.500 homestand regardless of how it concludes against the Braves on Wednesday. It will be the first losing homestand for the Mets in 2015. “It looks like we’re tight. I don’t know why,” Terry Collins said about the quality of his team’s…
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Jacob deGrom will pitch on Sunday against the Reds
This past weekend, the Mets collectively decided Jacob deGrom would not make his regularly scheduled start on Tuesday against the Braves, instead using Logan Verrett and pushing deGrom back to an unspecified date. As it turns out, deGrom will effectively be skipped through this turn in the rotation, as he will pitch in five days against the…
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Jon Niese has renewed confidence in his curveball
Jon Niese earned his ninth win of the season with six shutout innings over the Braves, improving to 2-0 with a 1.52 ERA against Atlanta in 2015. But for Niese, this start was more significant as it was his second quality effort after four consecutive poor starts to end the month of August and start…
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Terry Collins is livid over the situation surrounding Matt Harvey
Faced with more questions about the decision to remove Matt Harvey with a 1-0 lead after five innings despite allowing only a hit on 77 pitches, Terry Collins was still angry and upset with the situation and what ultimately transpired upon removing his ace from the game. Harvey has pitched 176 2/3 innings so far in 2015.…
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Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey to pitch against the Reds, and one additional time each
Terry Collins offered a little clarity for the Mets pitching plans in their series against the Reds this weekend. Both Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom will pitch in the series in Cincinnati this weekend, Collins said on Monday afternoon. Presumably, both Harvey and deGrom will be slated to pitch against the Nationals during the final weekend of the…