Tim Boyle

1 week ago | risingapple.com | Tim Boyle

Rafael Devers was on the wish list for many New York Mets fans even if he hasn’t represented himself as the greatest ambassador to the word teammate. Traded on Sunday, June 15 to the San Francisco Giants, the deal was a stunner and one that might actually affect the Mets in a few different ways. 1) The Red Sox suddenly have a lot of money availableBoston has been timid about signing any long term contracts with players. The Devers extension was an ordeal itself.

1 week ago | risingapple.com | Tim Boyle

No big deal until it's a major issue. If you showed up to Citi Field this weekend, you saw something you didn’t expect. The New York Mets handed the Tampa Bay Rays three wins. Gifting them three victories meant taking three losses. The starting pitching wasn’t spectacular. After a mediocre outing by Clay Holmes on Friday, Tylor Megill followed it up with a stinker on Saturday, and Griffin Canning continued to morph into his old self on Sunday.

1 week ago | risingapple.com | Tim Boyle

It's time to make a serious offer. Patience is important when it comes to benefiting from a draft pick at any level. First-round selections, especially, require a certain level of letting things marinate before coming to conclusions. No better recent example is occurring with the New York Mets than what we’re witnessing with David Peterson. Worth 4.9 of his career 7.4 WAR in the last two seasons, his 34 starts spanning 200.2 innings post-hip surgery has been menacing. He’s 15-5 with a 2.74 ERA.

1 week ago | risingapple.com | Tim Boyle

The Mets took a risk in 1984 and it worked out pretty well. The 1984 New York Mets don’t get talked about much. They were bad the year prior, much better the year after, and champions by 1986. The 90-72 record is easy to overlook even if they were one of only four of the 12 National League teams with a winning record. Finishing 6.5 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs didn’t help them establish their place in the pantheon of good Mets teams that didn’t make the playoffs.

1 week ago | risingapple.com | Tim Boyle

Carlos Mendoza didn't hold back. With Tylor Megill, it’s usually one bad inning to spoil the start. It was the fourth inning of Saturday’s start that met this criteria. In an 8-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, 5 runs came across the board against the New York Mets in a never-ending frame that began with a home run. Megill wasn’t yanked quickly. Instead, he was challenged to slither out of a sticky situation, he’d remain in the inning and face 10 batters.