From A Mess To Amazin': The New York Mets (MLB The Show 13)

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McHugh Impresses, One Upped By Halladay in Mets Loss

McHugh did exactly what he was asked to do going into his first start of the 2013 season. Keep the ball in the park, keep the game as close as possible. The offense will do the rest. McHugh did what he was told, putting up an impressive 6.0 IP, 3H 1ER 7K stat line. Unfortunately, the offense couldn't hold up their end of the bargain as McHugh would get the loss in this one.

Everybody in the MLB knows you have to be on your A-game if you want to have a shot against Roy Halladay. When he's on, he is basically unhittable. Tonight, it was a combination of untouchable Philadelphia pitching and an absence of New York bats which got Roy the win tonight. He went out there for 6 innings, surrendering only 4 his, no runs, and striking out 6. His ERA lowers to 4.62 on the year.

The Mets would only get one more baserunner the rest of the way, as the Philly bullpen did it's job, shutting the Mets out 1-0. Papelbon ended the game by striking out 2 in the last inning to secure his 4th save in his 4th attempt.

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The Mets have entered a bit of a funk, striking out 13 times tonight after being shut down last night as well. Tomorrow they will put the ball in Shaun Marcum's (1-0) hands and try to avoid the sweep from the division rivals.

[Deuce2223]

Good luck. The Met's were 1 of the teams I considered playing with after starting over. They have potential to have a great young staff, a future All-Star C and great players at 1B and 3B in Davis and Wright, but other then that you have a lot of fill players. Especially the OF. Which means trades and FA should be a lot of fun. Lucky for you the Met's have past experience in being spenders.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

Good luck. The Met's were 1 of the teams I considered playing with after starting over. They have potential to have a great young staff, a future All-Star C and great players at 1B and 3B in Davis and Wright, but other then that you have a lot of fill players. Especially the OF. Which means trades and FA should be a lot of fun. Lucky for you the Met's have past experience in being spenders.

Ran into your stuff when you started up with Boise, thanks for the good luck wish

The Mets have finally gathered some cornerstones and now we need to just fill out whats left. A sneakpeek at the future: I'm willing to invest some big time money into a star in the outfield, but if it turns into another Jason Bay scenario I don't know what I'll do lol

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Clash of the Titans In New York


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Tonight, New York star pitcher Matt Harvey will go up against established ace Stephen Strasburg as the Washington Nationals (8-7) take on the New York Mets (7-9) right here in Queens.

Harvey is looking to improve on his current 2-1 record with a 2.31 ERA. He has a team leading 23 strikeouts in a team leading 23.1 innings. Only walking 5, and giving up 6 earned runs this season, all 3 of his starts have been deemed quality starts.

Strasburg has been unstoppable so far this year. In 3 starts, he is 2-0, 2 of which have been complete game shut outs, and has a .75 ERA on the year. He too leads his team with 23 strikeouts in a team high 24 innings, walking only 5 and giving up 2 runs so far this year.

This will be the first game in the series as the Mets try to gain one step closer to .500 on the year.

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Strasburg Proves Why He is One of the Best, Blanks Mets

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Steve Strasburg is one of the best pitchers in baseball. After tonight his ERA has lowered to 0.58 . Yes, you read that correctly. After 4 starts, Strasburg has an earned run average of .58. That's just more than half a run. The young phenom fanned 8 Mets in 7 innings pitched, giving up just 5 hits and no runs. The bullpen cleaned up the rest of the game with 2 more shut out innings as the Mets would lose 4-0.

Harvey's effort tonight was commendable, giving up 6 hits, 3 runs, while striking out 6 in 7 innings of baseball. The Mets have more than once failed to produce offensively this season, and if things don't turn around expect the Metropolitan front office to make some changes very soon.

Player of the Game: Steve Strasburg 7.0 IP, 5H, 0ER, 8SO


Notables:

WSH Ian Desmond 2-4 3B, 2B, 2 R

NYM David Wright 2-4

Washington Nationals at New York Mets
Apr 19, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (9-7)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	8	0
New York (7-10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
W: Stephen Strasburg (3-0) L: Matt Harvey (2-2) S: Rafael Soriano (5)

Washington Nationals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Span, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267
Desmond, SS	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.258
Zimmerman, 3B	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.264
LaRoche, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229
Suzuki, C	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	.352
Moore, LF	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000
Werth, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.204
Espinosa, 2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.255
Strasburg, P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200
Harper, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296
TEAM TOTALS	33	4	8	4	0	6	0

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Tejada, SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.206
Murphy, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290
Wright, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	.321
Davis, 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.200
Buck, C	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.250
Duda, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.274
Valdespin, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.191
Cowgill, CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.268
Harvey, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Byrdak, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Turner, PH - SS	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	.437
TEAM TOTALS	33	0	7	0	3	11	0

Washington Nationals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Strasburg (W, 3-0)	7.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0.58
Bray	1.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	10.58
Soriano (S,5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	0	0	3	11	0

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Harvey (L, 2-2)	7.0	6	3	3	0	6	0	2.67
Lyon	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.24
Byrdak	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	4	4	0	6	0

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End of the Month Report

Well folks, Matt Lamb here, and the end of the first month of our regular season has come to a close. Our Metropolitans are sitting at 11-12, in third place. We're tied with the Nats, and our 4.5 games out of first. Heres a recap of this past month:

Team Rankings:

Batting Average: 24th - .230

Runs: T-25th - 77

Hits: 27th - 174

Home Runs: 12th - 21

Stolen Bases: T-20th - 15

Walks: 20th - 66

Strike Outs (Batting): 8th - 171

Strike Outs(Pitching): 12th - 190

ERA: 4th - 2.97

Saves: T-15th - 6

What does this all mean?? Despite spectacular pitching, the offense just isn't cutting it. We need our players to start getting on base, taking more pitches, drawing walks, and then we need our big bats to drive in those runners. We can never chain together enough hits to really get anything going. Expect some changes soon if the offense continues to struggle.

Team Statistics (Sorted by Games Played):

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2013 New York Mets Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Ike Davis	82	12	20	1	0	7	10	11	19	0	0	.244	.333	.512
Ruben Tejada	90	9	17	2	0	0	2	5	16	3	3	.189	.232	.211
Daniel Murphy	81	5	21	1	1	0	4	7	17	2	4	.259	.318	.296
David Wright	76	13	22	2	0	4	10	8	17	5	2	.289	.368	.474
Collin Cowgill	73	4	18	6	1	0	13	3	14	5	0	.247	.282	.356
Lucas Duda	79	8	23	5	0	2	15	5	19	0	0	.291	.333	.430
Jordany Valdespin	57	9	9	1	0	4	5	7	13	0	1	.158	.262	.386
John Buck	66	6	16	3	0	1	7	5	17	0	0	.242	.301	.333
Justin Turner	38	5	15	1	0	1	4	4	5	0	2	.395	.452	.500
Mike Baxter	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	1	.158	.273	.158
Marlon Byrd	38	3	8	1	0	2	5	4	11	0	0	.211	.286	.395
Anthony Recker	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	.118	.167	.118

2013 New York Mets Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
LaTroy Hawkins	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	10.0	3	1	0	2	7	0.50	0.90
Brandon Lyon	8	0	0	1	0	0	2	9.2	7	4	2	5	9	1.24	3.72
Scott Atchison	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	13.0	13	3	1	2	9	1.15	2.08
Bobby Parnell	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	5.2	7	3	2	0	6	1.24	4.76
Tim Byrdak	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	6	3	1	1	5	0.75	2.89
Jon Niese	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	25.1	26	14	4	11	21	1.46	4.97
Matt Harvey	5	5	2	2	0	4	0	35.1	24	12	3	7	34	0.88	3.06
Shaun Marcum	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	25.0	25	8	1	5	25	1.20	2.88
Jeremy Hefner	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	24.1	20	6	1	2	29	0.90	2.22
Robert Carson	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.2	3	0	0	0	3	1.13	0.00
Collin McHugh	4	4	2	2	0	3	0	25.1	19	6	1	7	24	1.03	2.13
Greg Burke	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	1	0	2	4	1.29	1.29
Dillon Gee	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	1	0	4	8	1.07	1.93

There you have it folks, those are your New York Mets after one month of ball.

Also! The New York Mets have activated SP Dillon Gee from the disabled list. They then optioned Josh Edgin to Triple-A Las Vegas. Collin McHugh will be moved into the LRP role with Greg Burke moving into the set-up man position. The Mets have also signed 18year old outfielder Wullmer Bacerra (2 yrs / 95K). Bacerra will start in Class-A ball.

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MLB Standings - Updated: May 1, 2013
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Blue Jays	18	6	-	121	67
Red Sox	15	9	3.0	115	104
Rays	14	10	4.0	79	80
Yankees	13	11	5.0	115	119
Orioles	9	14	8.5	89	97
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Royals	11	10	-	80	89
Tigers	9	13	2.5	88	88
Indians	9	14	3.0	81	105
White Sox	9	15	3.5	81	94
Twins	6	16	5.5	63	99
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Angels	16	7	-	191	71
Athletics	12	12	4.5	80	97
Rangers	12	12	4.5	97	82
Mariners	12	13	5.0	79	92
NL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Phillies	16	8	-	122	77
Braves	13	9	2.0	73	83
Mets	11	12	4.5	77	71
Nationals	11	12	4.5	96	81
Marlins	5	18	10.5	66	121
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Reds	19	5	-	112	77
Pirates	11	13	8.0	86	102
Cardinals	10	13	8.5	104	100
Cubs	9	15	10.0	69	91
Brewers	8	14	10.0	84	95
NL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Rockies	15	9	-	114	104
Diamondbacks	13	10	1.5	114	85
Giants	12	11	2.5	82	79
Dodgers	11	11	3.0	82	79
Padres	9	13	5.0	77	96

[lek]

Really like your franchise. Interested in seeing what you do to rebuild the team.