The Post thinks Mickey Callaway looks like a lineup genius

In the Sunday edition of the New York Post, there was a sports article entitled “J.D. Davis made Mickey Callaway look like a lineup genius.” This was a reference to the fact that Davis had a big day batting cleanup in the Saturday home game against the Nats, knocking out three hits including two homers. [...]

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Mets Minors: With Ronny Mauricio, Columbia overloaded with talent

The Mets shocked a number of people in 2018 when they skipped their top international prospect directly to the Gulf Coast League. Now the Mets buck convention farther by starting Ronny Mauricio in Columbia instead of Short Season ball in Brooklyn. For those not familiar with the Mets system the typical progression for players is [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 12, Mets 9 (4/7/19)

This one was a rough game for the Mets. Despite a late push by the bats, the Nationals easily walked away with the rubber game of a three-game set to tie the season series at three games apiece. They quite literally “walked” away with this one today as Mets pitchers walked 12. Zack Wheeler doled [...]

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Four of the Mets’ starters now primed to throw 115 pitches

In the first game of 2019, we saw how it was supposed to be for the Mets. The starting pitcher went six strong innings and the game was closed out with a scoreless inning apiece by Seth Lugo, Jeurys Familia and Edwin Diaz. It may not be a great pen one to seven, but the [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Nationals 5 (4/6/2019)

In a battle of lousy bullpens, the saving grace was Edwin Diaz, who came on to close the deal in the ninth, as the Mets emerged with a 6-5 win over the Nationals Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Steven Matz pitched five shutout innings but a high pitch count – thanks to 4 BB and [...]

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Mets playing with fire without true backup catcher

The New York Mets have had a myriad of issues over the past two seasons that were addressed when Brodie Van Wagenen grabbed the helm of the organization during the offseason. There has been a noticeable culture change with the Mets, something that is exciting to see after two straight seasons of futility, all the [...]

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Mets are winning, but all is not right

After watching the 2018 Mets start the season like a house on fire only to watch the season go off the rails, faithful fans are careful not to get excited about early success. We won the first two games of the season because we always do (or at least seemingly) and swept the Marlins on [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 4, Mets 0 (4/04/19)

The Mets home opener didn’t quite go as planned, as the offense never got untracked and the Nationals added some runs late to break open a close game and earn a 4-0 win Thursday afternoon. Much was made about the Mets having to play their home opener as a day game following a road night [...]

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