Category: Notes
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Post Game Notes: The Mets and their offensive explosion on Sunday
The Mets trailed 8-3 on Sunday but rallied to defeat the Braves 10-8 to take their first series since sweeping the Phillies May 25-27. Here are some notes from Sunday’s win: The last time the Mets came back from a deficit of five or more runs was September 22, 2011 at St. Louis. The Mets…
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Note: Mets offensive rankings through June 5
Here are the Mets ranks in four notable offensive categories by position as play begins on June 6: Here are the league averages in those categories by position through June 5: The Mets outfield has been generally unproductive all year long. Only the team’s right fielders have approached the league average in on-base percentage for that…
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Lucas Duda has been plunked a lot lately…
Lucas Duda has experienced an up-tick in hit-by-pitches as of late. Duda was struck on the right leg in the eighth inning by Brandon Maurer during Wednesday’s 7-3 loss to the Padres, the second time he’s been hit in four days and the third time since May 25. Duda glared at Maurer briefly as he trotted to…
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Is the Mets offense starting to click?
Despite continuing to miss David Wright and Travis d’Arnaud, the Mets have started to show some life with their bats over the last week. In their last eight games, the club is hitting .264/.329/.439 with 12 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 39 runs scored (4.9 runs per game). Here are some individual highlights over the last…
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The latest on the Mets plan for the six-man rotation
Here is the latest on the plans for the six-man rotation, from both Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen and Terry Collins: The six-man rotation will go into effect Tuesday in San Diego – the Mets will activate Dillon Gee from the disabled list, and he will start Tuesday night’s game. If it works, the six-man rotation…