New York Mets – Gotham Baseball

Harvey’s “Maggio Moment” Is Here

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 Mark HealeyNew York Mets

Gotta hand it to the local sports media and many Mets fans, Matt Harvey’s fall from #HarveyDay and “Dark Knight of Gotham” superstardom to selfish pariah has been incredible to watch. I never got all[…]

Monday Mets: The Jekyll and Hyde Start For Yoenis Cespedes

April 23, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

The Mets got off to a hot start this year, and statistics would seem to suggest that they did it without the help of their star outfielder, Yoenis Cespedes. A deeper look at the numbers[…]

Nimmo Demoted Despite Proving He Belongs

April 11, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

Lost in the hysteria of the Mets 9-1 start was how by and large Sandy Alderson poorly constructed this Mets roster, and how it is going to unfairly punish players. With Michael Conforto‘s shoulder and[…]

Monday Mets: The Weird World Of Winning

April 9, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

The Mets have won seven of their first eight games this season despite being at the bottom of the league in some basic statistical categories. Has it been luck? Smoke and mirrors? Or, is there[…]

In New York, We Play 162 Seasons

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 Gary ArmidaNew York Mets

“During the 1920s New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert once described his perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium. ‘It’s when the Yankees score eight runs in the first inning,’ Ruppert said, ‘and then slowly pull away.’”[…]

Monday Mets: First Impressions

April 2, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

While most of the players on the Mets roster were familiar, there was a fresh vibe around Citi Field in the opening weekend. So, what are the takeaways from the Mets series win against the[…]

Focus Soon Shifts to Mets and Yankees New Managers

March 28, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

With Opening Day a day away, each New York team has quite similar question marks. Will their respective starting rotations hold up? Will their power hitting outfielders provide the home runs and offense both teams[…]

Monday Mets: New Regime Facing Familiar Problems

March 19, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

Oh, the irony. I’m not referring to “Canadian irony” like Alanis Morissette introduced to us in the late 1990’s, but actual irony, where the opposite of the expected outcome is what occurs. When the Mets[…]

Should The Mets Be Blamed For Wright’s Current Condition?

March 14, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

In many ways, it is quite fitting there were injury updates on both Yoenis Cespedes and David Wright, which should leave the entire New York Mets fanbase dejected. With respect to Cespedes, we discovered not[…]

Nimmo’s Great Spring Will Lead to What?

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

With each and every at-bat, Brandon Nimmo looks closer and closer to securing his spot as the Opening Day lead-off hitter and center fielder for the New York Mets. While this was what the Mets[…]