Pete Alonso’s hot start, the surprising Jorge Lopez & Drew Smith and the team’s recent offense

Pete Alonso followed up on what Gary Cohen called an O-for-Cincinnati with an 0-4 in his first game in Atlanta. That brought his line down to .167/.222/.310 in 45 PA. But the four games since then, Alonso has been on fire. He has multi-hit games in his last four appearances, including a 3-3 with two [...]

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Gut Reaction: Royals 11, Mets 6 (4/13/24)

The Mets’ offense came thru again, this time with three home runs. Unfortunately, the pitching did not and the result was an 11-7 loss to the Royals Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Sean Manaea was staked to a 3-1 lead but was unable to hold it. Pete Alonso tied the game in the bottom of [...]

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Brett Baty and the power of attitude

It’s been said that if one comes at an endeavor with a positive outlook, it makes whatever you’re up to that much easier. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right? Not that playing a baseball game is a drudgery or anything, but there is a school of thought out there – famously [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Royals 1 (4/12/24)

The Mets’ offensive explosion continues, as they banged out 14 hits and six runs en route to a 6-1 win over the Royals Friday night at Citi Field. It was their sixth win in their last eight games and brings them within a game of .500 at 6-7. Trailing by a run, the Mets tied [...]

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Mets’ offense busts out so what do we think of the team now?

The Mets started off 0-5, mostly due to a bad offense that looked like one of the worst in the entire league. Since then, they’ve gone 5-2, with three of those seven games coming in Atlanta versus a Braves team that had gone 16-4 against the Mets in the last 20 games between the two [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 16, Braves 4 (4/11/24)

The Mets put up seven runs in the first three innings and cruised to a 16-4 win over the Braves Thursday afternoon in Atlanta. The victory gave the Mets the series win over the Braves and upped their record on the season to 5-7. Five Mets had multi-hit games as the team combined for 16 [...]

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Christian Scott racks up the strikeouts and gopher balls

Early in the year we see wacky things due mostly to small samples. And nowhere is this more apparent than with Mets top prospect Christian Scott, who has two games pitched so far for Triple-A Syracuse. And in those two games, Scott has displayed the electric stuff that has so many people so high on [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 6, Mets 5 (4/9/24)

For the second straight game, the Mets fell behind big early and then forged a comeback. This time they ran out of time, as they fell to the Braves, 6-5, Tuesday night in rainy Atlanta. Adrian Houser allowed 5 ER in 5 IP and it could have been worse than that if not for two [...]

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