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By the time the New York Mets get through with Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals this weekend they will be exactly half way through their 162-game regular season schedule.As we near the mid point of the season, let's revisit five questions the Mets had coming into the season. Will the Mets Pitching Hold Up?Yes and no. First, the good. The Mets will have a 10-game winner at the All-Star break ...

People can keep telling themselves "oh, it's only one game," but soon the doubters will have to accept the fact that the New York Mets are a legitimate threat in 2010. They shut out the Yankees for their third straight victory over their cross-town rivals on Friday night, and the Mets are putting more weight behind the idea that their road sweeps in Baltimore and Cleveland were no fluke. Every time the ...

The last time the New York Mets played the Cleveland Indians in Ohio, George W. Bush was in his second year of office, Emma Watson and Caroline Wozniacki weren’t even teenagers, and Sammy Sosa was still bla…no, whi…no. Never mind. In fact, the last time the Mets played in Cleveland was the first time the Mets played in Cleveland. Heck, it was the first time they had played Cleveland. The scheduling Gods ...

For all the plaudits and accolades surrounding Mets third baseman David Wright, is he turning into the club's strikeout king? After going 0-for-4 with four whiffs yesterday—including a debatable called third strike against San Francisco closer Brian Wilson that led to Wright getting tossed from the game—the signs are there for all to see. Wright is frustrated, and fans are getting increasingly tired of his inability to put bat on ball. His loyal ...

After a full season at Citi Field without a walk-off home run, the New York Mets hit two in two days against the San Francisco Giants this weekend. Rod Barajas went deep to give the Mets a 6-4 victory on Friday night, and backup catcher Henry Blanco repeated the game-winning heroics Saturday afternoon. The walk-off home runs were the 102nd and 103rd of the team's history, bringing the other members of the ...

Whatever way you want to slice and dice the Mets Sunday-night defeat in Philadelphia, there's no getting away from the fact that Johan Santana struggled. Struggled is probably the nicest word to describe his shortcomings in Citizens Bank Park. It's like saying that Stalin struggled to understand the merits of democracy or that C.C. Sabathia struggled to fit into a pair or Chinos with a 36-inch waist. Just how bad was ...

We’re now three weeks into the fantasy baseball season, and my team is languishing in eighth place. My perceived strengths have turned out to be my weaknesses, and what I thought were post-draft deficiencies have scored me more points than I could have hoped for. With Bleacher Report’s partners at CBS Sports, I have been running my own fantasy league with fellow B/R writers and fantasy fans. You can follow the ...

As a hitter, there's no worse feeling in baseball than knowing you're going to come to the plate to face a man who you know will dominate you with one pitch. As you adjust your batting gloves and dig in, you know that you're going to flail wildly, but that there's nothing you can do about it. Three pitches later and you're back on the pine, wondering just went wrong, coming ...

The New York Mets are off to their worst start in 18 years following Chris Iannetta’s walk-off blast at Coors Field Wednesday night. So much for that fast start to 2010 that everyone was calling for. Before last night's loss, the Mets had not started a season 2-6 since 1992. Only a victory in the series finale against the Rockies Thursday will stop them from dropping to 2-7 for the first time ...