The Mets are likely to end up spending $1.78 million per win, according to a blog post from Dave Cameron of the Wall Street Journal.
Meanwhile, in a post to his blog for the Star-Ledger, Brian Costa asks, “Is this the worst starting lineup in Mets history?”
…maybe… it was rough… but, remember 2004… with Richard Hidalgo, Shane [...]

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, courtesy of ESPN.com, last time was the first time in 17 years that the Mets suffered three shutouts over a five-game span, which last occurred in July 1992 when the Mets did not score a run in three straight games.
By the way, on July 27, 1992, the final game [...]

In a post to his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney relays information from the great Mark Simon of ESPN Research regarding David Wright.
“Wright is taking pitches he should be crushing,” Simon explains.  “In July, Wright has seen 11 fastballs in the strike zone while in a hitters’ count, but has not put any of them into [...]

It is common knowledge that the Mets rank at the bottom of the National League with 50 home runs.
…however, these numbers threw me for a loop…
The Mets have the fewest strikeouts and the highest team batting average in the NL at .273.
They also lead the league with 79 stolen bases, have the second most hits, [...]

Pedro Feliciano has appeared in 39 of the Mets’ 66 games so far this season.
He is on pace to make 96 relief appearances, ten more than his career high which he set in 2008.
Feliciano has pitched without rest seventeen times, on one day’s rest eleven times, and on two day’s rest seven times.
For a humorous [...]

In case you’re wondering, following last night’s loss to the O’s, the Mets are 2–7 in the rubber game of a series this season.

The Mets left 16 men on base in their 5-4 loss to the Phillies, with Carlos Beltran, Gary Sheffield, and Omir Santos being responsible for 12 of those 16.
Despite that lopsided number, the Mets lead the National League in hitting with runners in scoring position with a .282 average and are second in Major League [...]

Prior to yesterday’s game, the Mets were 0–13 when trailing after the eighth inning, plus 0–1 in extra inning games.
The Mets trailed 3–2 at the end of the eighth inning, but eventually won on a walk-off walk from Carlos Beltran with the bases loaded in the 10th inning.
“I think we played the best game we’ve played [...]

In 12 home games this season, the Mets have hit seven home runs and ten triples.
In 13 away games, they’ve hit 12 home runs and just two triples.
The Mets’ team record for triples in a season is 47, and we are just 15% of the way through the year.
…i’d be interested to see where most [...]

In April 2007, David Wright was hitting .244, with no home runs, six RBI and a .681 OPS.  He struck out 23 times and walked 16.
As I wrote about here, at the time, he was booed heartily at Shea by the fans for it.
Wright finished that year with a .325 average, 30 home runs, 107 [...]

Last night, the Mets left 14 men on base and were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
…this doesn’t concern me, yet… last season, the bigger issue was scoring early, then napping through the final six innings… this season, however, they are doing most of their scoring in the second half of the ball [...]

Stat-genius Nate Silver, of Baseball Prospectus, ran the entire 2009 season through his super-terrific calculator, and determined that the Mets will win the National League East by five games.
According to Silver, Jose Reyes will hit .309 with a .374 OBP, 15 HR, 73 RBI and 64 stolen bases, while Johan Santana will go 15–8 with [...]

Eric Simon at Amazin’ Avenue forwards some projected 2009 offensive stats from The Bill James Handbook.
Among the notable numbers:
David Wright will lead the team in nearly every category including home runs, batting average, OBP, and OPS.
Carlos Delgado will tie David Wright for the team lead in homers with 33.
Nick Evans will have a higher OPS [...]

Jayson Stark at ESPN.com relays a statistic from famed sabermetrician Bill James regarding the Mets’ bullpen woes.
Stark writes:
“If all games ended after six innings, those NL East standings would look a whole lot different. If games were six innings, the Mets would be leading this division by 11½ games.”
“Thanks to the best closer in [...]

MetsBlog reader Jason W. sent in a link to Hit Tracker Online, which, “determines the true distance a home run travels,” using several different metrics including atmospheric data, and initial trajectory.
According to the site, Carlos Delgado is listed second behind Adam Dunn in the “No Doubt” home run category. He is also [...]