The Lohud Mets Blog

Dickey goes full nine The Cy Young push gathers steam Powered by Ike’s shot

Yesterday, Terry Collins talked about putting Ronny Cedeno and Ruben Tejada into a platoon. This comes on the heels of looking to get Kelly Shoppach more playing time against righties at catcher, at the expense of Josh Thole, and Justin Turner more regular time at second base, at the expense… Read More →

Kendrick one-ups Niese Hairston, Baxter homer, but Sadly, solo shots

After last night’s game, Matt Harvey has logged seven starts, or approximately 20 percent of a full big league season. Just to put his level of effectiveness in context, here is what that would be, extrapolated over a full year. Matt Harvey: 211 2/3 innings, 2.76 ERA, 85 walks, 245… Read More →

Phillies meet Harvey Duda takes Hamels sub deep Frank Frank on right track

So Joe Mauer, catcher for the Twins, was placed on waivers. On Twitter, I suggested that Mauer would be a tremendous addition for the Mets, though it will obviously not happen. Briefly, to stipulate why: 1. The Mets cannot afford to add salary, and Joe Mauer earns $23 million per… Read More →

Mets overcome Young Ike’s hitting, then Ike’s… running? A catcher hitting?

The Mets made it clear over the weekend: the new goal is third place. As it stands now, the Mets are two games behind the Phillies for that relatively modest goal, and 1.5 games ahead of the Marlins. But obviously, what the Mets have in mind is a momentum-building finish… Read More →

Selective endpoints, and small sample sizes, are both dangerous when used to project players. Rico Brogna had an OPS+ of 158 in 138 plate appearances back in 1994. He’d never top 119 in his career. Carl Everett put up an .855 OPS from August 2 on back in 1995; his… Read More →

A pair of Ike blasts Supports Hefner’s brillliant start And Duda’s mistake

Dickey eyes 20 Offense explodes: three whole runs! Hey: a win’s a win

Niese throws seven strong Wright goes deep; rest of Mets have Gone hibernating

Though bats keep sleeping McHugh’s a revelation ‘Spin’s glove, sadly, not

Sandy Alderson spoke to Mike Francesa for a half-hour yesterday, and revealed the new plan to add talent this offseason: trades. Alderson acknowledged that the Mets need to get better in 2013, “and not incrementally”. He spoke of the prohibitive cost of adding power hitters via free agency, and while… Read More →

As Santana sits, A new hope throws well, and Mets Waste his pitching, too