Category: Professional

By the time Jacob deGrom finished carving up the Marlins on Wednesday, he stood alone as the National League’s ERA leader, seven more shutout innings slicing his mark to 1.54. The Mets are a .500 team when he pitches. That is the reality of deGrom’s season, a case study in excellence unfulfilled. Despite the best efforts of one of the... more

Up and over Brandon Nimmo climbed, ahead of Freddie Freeman, then Mookie Betts, then Mike Trout — a triumvirate of MVP candidates bested. When he walked off the field after the Mets’ 5-0 win over the Brewers on Thursday, Nimmo led them all with a .450 on-base percentage, reaching safely in each of his five plate appearances at Miller Park.... more

AJ Ramos’ final pitch Friday never came close to its target, bouncing in front of home plate, skipping off catcher Devin Mesoraco’s glove and careening to the backstop. By the time the ball rolled to a stop in the nearby grass, it had been forgotten. Eric Sogard was jogging home with the winning run of the Brewers’ 4-3 win over... more

For a team built around pitching, the Mets find themselves, a little more than one-third of the way through this season, with precious few pitchers they can trust. The Mets signed Jason Vargas during the offseason to provide stability for their rotation. Vargas has given them anything but, allowing five runs in three innings of their 17-6 loss to the... more

There was a time this season when manager Mickey Callaway’s every move was golden, his decisions unimpeachable. There was a time when the Mets boasted baseball’s best record and baseball’s best bullpen, the cogs of their machine clicking in tandem. All of that has since unraveled to such an extent that angst is now blooming within their clubhouse. Shortly after... more

The Mets’ bullpen wasted another quality start from Jacob deGrom and a late go-ahead homer from Devin Mesoraco as Seth Lugo served up a two-run walk-off homer to Braves pinch-hitter Charlie Culberson to drop Game 1 of Monday’s doubleheader, 4-3, at SunTrust Park. “Things just aren’t going our way,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. “I think that we’ll snap out... more

Whatever goodwill the Mets engendered with their brilliant first dozen games of the season has expired. In losing to the Rockies, 3-2, on Sunday, the Mets dropped their sixth straight game to cap a winless homestand. Since opening the year 11-1, they have gone 6-14, posting one of Major League Baseball’s five worst records over that stretch. Culprits lurk in... more

There is perhaps no cure for an ailing offense quite like Great American Ball Park, this smallish stadium just ashore from the Ohio River. Before arriving here, the Mets scored at least one run in six of the 54 innings they played on a  homestand. Monday, they scored in each of their first five, taking a 7-6 win from the... more

When the Mets acquired Jason Vargas in February, they believed they were bringing stability to their rotation. Scroll-like injury histories had cast uncertainty over most other members of the Mets’ rotation, prompting the team to sign a player with enough durability to glue things together. Vargas, however, has provided nothing of the sort. The four runs Vargas allowed in four... more