Down 0-1 and all of New York is tired. The Mets turn to one man. The Mets turn to Jacob deGrom. Now he might not be the pitcher the Mets want, but he is the pitcher they need right now. deGrom has been their stopper for most of the season. He might not always have his best stuff, but he definitely guts it out and keeps them in the ball game. The Mets pitching has kept them in all of the games. Familia will be fine after that shocking home run. Maybe Familia can now stop throwing that quick pitch? Especially since most of the quick pitches are fastballs left up in the zone. That's on a tee to someone like Alex Gordon.
As for the hitting, well the Mets can't continue leaving runners on base and expect to win a game. Especially against what some would call, the best playing the best. Here is another question I had immediately after the first pitch, "Why is Lagares not in the lineup?" Lagares hits, but then he's sat, Lagares can play defense, but then is just a defense replacement. In your scorecard it probably would have read 8 with a circle instead of a colored in diamond. Lagares has been great off the bench while Conforto currently has that lone homerun as his only hit in his seventeen postseason at bats. I guess you'd call me crazy by saying that I wouldn't be upset if Conforto was the DH tonight? But maybe that could help him find a swing, while Cesepedes, Lagares and Granderson man the outfield. It'd be nice to see Cespedes start making contact and maybe some of them can hit the green.
That being said, there is something in the air and that was still such an exciting game. The outcome sucks but at least it's been exciting to watch til the last pitch.
Cueto hasn't pitched well so far in the postseason, hopefully that can continue tonight. But he is always a threat to pitch well. The Royals have a very solid lineup and most of their hitters can use the whole field. It will be fun to see deGrom facing them.
Good luck to the Mets tonight with a scheduled start time of 8:07pm.
Ya gotta believe!
Let's go Mets!
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Mets vs. Royals Game 1
So today it all begins at Kauffman Stadium. Matt Harvey vs. Edinson Volquez. Game one of the World Series. If at the beginning of the year, you came up to me and told me the Mets were going to in the last game of the season, I would have laughed and said, "Ya gotta believe." Now I'm pumping my fist and saying, "Ya gotta believe." It's such an exciting time and these young pitchers have been consistently great. Daniel Murphy has other worldly and everyone has been contributing on both sides of the play.
The Mets have been a really fun team to watch, while Familia has just about saved the season for the Mets, let's look at what might have been. Flores should get an MVP just for staying a Met. I know it wasn't his choice but still he didn't have to hit that walk off homer two days after the no trade. But if they get Carlos Gomez, they most certainly do not get Cespedes. Cespedes doesn't go on the tear and say, "Hey Mets follow me, I know the way to the postseason." Like someone has mentioned, that no trade is the turning point of the season and the more I think about it, the more they are right. It had a snowball effect on the rest of the year. Even when Cespedes doesn't hit, his presence and what he could do is powerful enough for a pitcher not wanting to face him.
Daniel Murphy has six homers in six games. He's running the bases extremely well while playing solid defense. That 90 feet in game five was huge for the Mets. I hate to say it but he's probably playing himself out of Citi Field with this monster October he's having. I'd like him back but at the right price. Daniel Murphy is a postseason hero for the Mets and rightfully so. He's done all the right things while deflecting the praise onto someone else. He's a great team guy and when David Wright when down he was one of the leaders in that clubhouse. Selfless and a good ball player. During the regular season he tries to steal third (like he did in game 5 of the NLDS) but he gets caught. This is Daniel Murphy and he's been doing these things throughout the season, he's just been the punchline of the joke instead of the hero after the game. It seems to all be coming together for him at just the right time.
Harvey in the postseason has shown why fans want him to succeed. He's a bull dog out on the mound. I wasn't a fan of all the drama surrounding him at the end of the season but he's shown us that he can still do it on the field.
It's cold, colorful leaves are the ground (a lot of orange leaves) while orange and blue will be on a diamond (not a court nor ice) on channel five tonight. It's an exciting time around.
8:07pm Game one of the World Series! Mets @ Royals. Wow, what a fun thing to say!
The Mets have been a really fun team to watch, while Familia has just about saved the season for the Mets, let's look at what might have been. Flores should get an MVP just for staying a Met. I know it wasn't his choice but still he didn't have to hit that walk off homer two days after the no trade. But if they get Carlos Gomez, they most certainly do not get Cespedes. Cespedes doesn't go on the tear and say, "Hey Mets follow me, I know the way to the postseason." Like someone has mentioned, that no trade is the turning point of the season and the more I think about it, the more they are right. It had a snowball effect on the rest of the year. Even when Cespedes doesn't hit, his presence and what he could do is powerful enough for a pitcher not wanting to face him.
Daniel Murphy has six homers in six games. He's running the bases extremely well while playing solid defense. That 90 feet in game five was huge for the Mets. I hate to say it but he's probably playing himself out of Citi Field with this monster October he's having. I'd like him back but at the right price. Daniel Murphy is a postseason hero for the Mets and rightfully so. He's done all the right things while deflecting the praise onto someone else. He's a great team guy and when David Wright when down he was one of the leaders in that clubhouse. Selfless and a good ball player. During the regular season he tries to steal third (like he did in game 5 of the NLDS) but he gets caught. This is Daniel Murphy and he's been doing these things throughout the season, he's just been the punchline of the joke instead of the hero after the game. It seems to all be coming together for him at just the right time.
Harvey in the postseason has shown why fans want him to succeed. He's a bull dog out on the mound. I wasn't a fan of all the drama surrounding him at the end of the season but he's shown us that he can still do it on the field.
It's cold, colorful leaves are the ground (a lot of orange leaves) while orange and blue will be on a diamond (not a court nor ice) on channel five tonight. It's an exciting time around.
8:07pm Game one of the World Series! Mets @ Royals. Wow, what a fun thing to say!
Ya gotta believe!
Let's go Mets!!!
Let's go Mets!!!
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Utley Still a Phillie
Evidently you can take Chase Utley out of Phillie but you can't take the Phillie out of Chase Utley. Utley's slide started closer to Conforto than it did to the second base bag. How is someone called safe when he didn't even touch the bag? Utley ran off the field quicker than he ran to second. Hearing Cuddyer and Wright speak about it was great, they have fire in their voice. David Wright stared into the Dodgers dugout while Chase had closed his eyes with a headache. The person that seemed the most emotional on the team was Kelly Johnson. I loved hearing him speak. He wanted something to be done. The rules are in place to protect the players. The guy on the field with the most padding, catcher, has a rule in place for his protection. Why not the other players on the field? Like a rule that states you can't dropkick a player while heading into second base. Hit the dirt, THEN the player, not the other way around. Utley should definitely be fined and probably suspended as well but we'll see what the league decides to do. This is were Jonny Gomes would have really come in handy, Utley wouldn't have made it back to the dugout.
This injury will hurt the Met defense a little bit and the Met bench even more. Now the Mets don't have a potent Flores bat even though I think Flores's bat gets better the more reps he gets while Tejada's bat is better off the bench. Flores has been waiting for this moment probably since joining the Mets at 16 when the Mets looked like they were contenders, but now that Flores is on the team, he is in the playoffs and will be starting game three.
This will be fun to see in the next couple of days though. The Mets seem to be rallying around Tejada's injury. When things like this happen, it seems to bring a team even closer than they are. Matt Harvey loves the spotlight, well it's on him now. Game three is a pivotal game. There are very few stages bigger than the one he will be standing on at Citi Field on Monday. Maybe none as big with the controversy at hand. It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. With all the headache that Harvey has caused, he could put it all behind him with one simple game, maybe even one simple pitch. Lets see what happens come game time.
What do you think will happen on Monday? Do you think Utley will be suspended and fined?
Ya Gotta Believe
Lets go Mets!
This injury will hurt the Met defense a little bit and the Met bench even more. Now the Mets don't have a potent Flores bat even though I think Flores's bat gets better the more reps he gets while Tejada's bat is better off the bench. Flores has been waiting for this moment probably since joining the Mets at 16 when the Mets looked like they were contenders, but now that Flores is on the team, he is in the playoffs and will be starting game three.
This will be fun to see in the next couple of days though. The Mets seem to be rallying around Tejada's injury. When things like this happen, it seems to bring a team even closer than they are. Matt Harvey loves the spotlight, well it's on him now. Game three is a pivotal game. There are very few stages bigger than the one he will be standing on at Citi Field on Monday. Maybe none as big with the controversy at hand. It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. With all the headache that Harvey has caused, he could put it all behind him with one simple game, maybe even one simple pitch. Lets see what happens come game time.
What do you think will happen on Monday? Do you think Utley will be suspended and fined?
Ya Gotta Believe
Lets go Mets!
Friday, October 9, 2015
Ya Gotta Believe!
Today it begins...Clayton Kershaw verses Jacob deGrom. I am terrified, nervous and excited all wrapped up into one game tonight.
Ya Gotta Believe!!!
LETS GOOOOOO METS!!!
Ya Gotta Believe!!!
LETS GOOOOOO METS!!!
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Postseason Preview
Congratulations to the 2015 New York Mets! They came into this year with very low expectations and raised eyebrows as to how good their pitching truly is. Their hitting caught up in a flurry in the second half. With the additions of Cespedes, Clippard, Kelly Johnson, Uribe, and Reed in the middle of the season the Mets turned their weaknesses around. Johnson and Uribe helped out the bench, while Cespedes, well unless you've been living under a rock for the past two months, you've heard what he's been able to do. People have been calling him for MVP. Familia saved more than games for the Mets, he saved the bullpen, he was the most consistent arm in the pen. He rose to the occasion for the Mets when they needed someone to step up. Conforto came up to the majors and has been a very nice player in left field for the Mets since arriving.
Now for the fun part, the part I am more than nervous about, the playoffs. The Mets made it, winning their division and now having to verse the Dodgers. I don't care about Kershaw's previous numbers in the playoffs, he is still Clayton Kershaw. We all know what he can do with a baseball. Him and Grienke could be like Schilling and Johnson in the postseason. The key is to get to them early and then holding that lead, the Mets will have to get a run early and hope what has gotten them there will continue with their strong surge in the pitching. I think it starts with not allowing Adrian Gonzalez beat you. As for the Mets offense, I could say Cespedes will have to show what he can do in the postseason but I think it's also what Wright and d'Arnaud can do against Kershaw and what Duda can do against Grienke. Now do you start Duda against Kershaw and Grienke or do you go with Cuddyer manning first base? Bridging the gap from the Mets starter to Familia will be key too. The Mets will have to be able to play small ball, moving the runner over and getting the guy in from third with less than two outs. The postseason everyone starts at zero.
I believe! Lets Go Mets!
Now for the fun part, the part I am more than nervous about, the playoffs. The Mets made it, winning their division and now having to verse the Dodgers. I don't care about Kershaw's previous numbers in the playoffs, he is still Clayton Kershaw. We all know what he can do with a baseball. Him and Grienke could be like Schilling and Johnson in the postseason. The key is to get to them early and then holding that lead, the Mets will have to get a run early and hope what has gotten them there will continue with their strong surge in the pitching. I think it starts with not allowing Adrian Gonzalez beat you. As for the Mets offense, I could say Cespedes will have to show what he can do in the postseason but I think it's also what Wright and d'Arnaud can do against Kershaw and what Duda can do against Grienke. Now do you start Duda against Kershaw and Grienke or do you go with Cuddyer manning first base? Bridging the gap from the Mets starter to Familia will be key too. The Mets will have to be able to play small ball, moving the runner over and getting the guy in from third with less than two outs. The postseason everyone starts at zero.
I believe! Lets Go Mets!
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