Gut Reaction: Dodgers 10, Mets 6 (6/19/17)

-Zach Wheeler allowed seven earned runs over two innings of work. This is the second straight start where Wheeler has given up an excess of runs early in the game. His ERA has now ballooned to 5.29. -Rafael Montero allowed a run in 3.2 innings of spot-long relief. This role for Montero may increase as [...]

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David Peterson and the next crop of Mets prospects

David Peterson, LHP: Prior to the draft I was asked who, of my short-listed players, I would be most happy with the Mets drafting.  Without hesitating I answered David Peterson.  Most people agreed that the Mets would be targeting college players and that pitching was going to be a primary concern.  With other options on [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Nationals 1 (6/18/17)

Jacob deGrom came up with his second straight dominant outing, as he both pitched and hit the Mets to a 5-1 victory Sunday afternoon. The win allowed the Mets to salvage the last game of the four-game series against the Nationals and gave the team a 3-4 mark in the first seven games of this [...]

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Hot-hitting Curtis Granderson gets the short stick in OF rotation

For most of the year, injuries have kept the Mets from having to make too many tough decisions on how to handle who starts in the outfield. And while currently there is an outfielder on the disabled list, Juan Lagares was clearly lower on the pecking order than the other four players. So, Terry Collins [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 7, Mets 4 (6/17/17)

The Nationals used the home run offense to beat the Mets,7-4, Saturday afternoon. It was the third straight loss in the four-game series. Washington hit three homers today, each coming off a breaking ball. Seth Lugo allowed the first two and Paul Sewald gave up the back breaker, an upper deck shot by Adam Lind [...]

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Mets starting pitchers victimized by the HR ball

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 7, Mets 2 – 6/16/17

Two-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer was too much for the Mets tonight, holding them to four hits over eight innings. The heterochromic wonder baffled the Mets with a full arsenal of sliders, curves, change ups and fastballs. What's amazing is that he doesn't throw 98. Whether it's because he can't anymore or because he [...]

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