Where does Travis d’Arnaud’s breakout leave Kevin Plawecki?

Travis d’Arnaud has just over 200 at bats this season for the Mets and has put up an OPS (on base percentage + slugging percentage) of 911. To put that into perspective Buster Posey’s OPS is around 880 although he has stayed healthy and on the field far longer than d’Arnaud. Simply put d’Arnaud has [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Yankees 1 (9/18/15)

The Mets got back to their winning ways by taking the opener of the latest installment of the Subway Series by a 5-1 score. The Nationals and Marlins were going to extra innings, so right now the magic number is eight. If you like bombs, this was a game for you. Lucas Duda, Daniel Murphy [...]

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Wilmer Flores and Ruben Tejada give Mets a strong offensive shortstop

Following the 2014 season, the Mets had two big holes that they had to address: SS and LF. The big move of the offseason was to import outfielder Michael Cuddyer. The solution at short was to hand the position over to Wilmer Flores. Midway through the 2015 season, these decisions looked really bad. But a [...]

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Relax – the 2007 collapse is unrepeatable

The haunting phrase "7 games up and 17 to play" has been brought up a lot lately, especially in recent days, after two Met losses and two Nationals wins quickly turned a 9 ½ -game lead into a 7 ½ -game lead. Thankfully, the Nationals lost last night so the lead is back to 8 [...]

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Mets’ series with Yankees highlights differing philosophies between both clubs

The Mets dropped the last two games of the season series against the Marlins to finish the year 11-8 against their division foe. It was the first time since Aug. 28-29 that the Mets have lost back-to-back games and they went 12-3 in that stretch. After a day off on Thursday, next up is the [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 6, Mets 0 (9/16/15)

The Mets haven't been shutout since July 23rd while visiting my sunny Los Angeles. They were shut out 10 times before that date, however. That goes to show just how much this offense has improved. But it wasn't on display versus Adam Conley and the Miami Marlins. Young Conley, who had a 4.93 ERA in [...]

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An exclusive interview with Mr. Baseballs: Zack Hample

If there was a contest on who could catch the most fly balls in the stands of a baseball game, Zack Hample would far and away be the winner.  Hample has caught a countless number of historical home runs, including Mike Trout’s first, Shea Stadium’s last, and Alex Rodriguez’s 3000th hit.  This past weekend, I [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 1985 Roger McDowell

1985 TOPPS TRADED PROTOTYPE ROGER McDOWELL I've pretty much always been a collector. There were the animal figurines that occupied an entire bookshelf in my childhood bedroom-- brass horses, polished marble elephants, blue glass monkeys, and the like. Monthly trips to the Gregory Museum in Hicksville netted me countless small rocks, nestled in square cardboard [...]

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