From unbeatable to paper tigers, wtf happened to the Nats?

Remember this cover story? Sports Illustrated wasn’t alone. The Sporting News, ESPN the magazine and pretty much every baseball season preview anointed the Washington Nationals the 2015 World Series favorite. Nearly every baseball writer aside from this one picked the Nationals to run away with the National League East. Who could blame them? They won [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 9, Phillies 5 (8/27/15)

Normally when you score seven, five, four, and five runs in a four game series, you're looking to pull at least one or two wins away. Not the Philadelphia Phillies. They had the unfortunate task of taking on the hottest team in baseball. But it wasn't always so. From June 30th to July 4th the [...]

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A Rockies writer weighs in on the Mets

"These are not your early season or early-summer New York Metropolitans. This game was certainly a fun outlier to dive into, but this team actually has some pop in their lineup that has a high ceiling for offensive firepower. Per Hit Tracker, on August 24th they managed to put together 2,878 feet of home runs [...]

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Middle relievers could be the biggest weakness in a Mets playoff push

The New York Mets are playing their best ball since their eleven game win streak early this year. They have won six straight and are 18-6 since July 31st. During the recent hot streak, their starting pitching has been good but not great. They've had outstanding contributions from Logan Verrett, Bartolo Colon and Jon Niese. [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 9 Phillies 4 (8/26/15)

This was a night of getting just what was needed. Terry Collins needed to give the bullpen a rest, so Bartolo Colon gave the Mets seven innings of five-hit ball. Needing to get off to a fast start, the Mets put up three quick runs in the first inning. And finally, when some insurance was [...]

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Where do the Mets sit in the playoff picture?

The Mets may currently be the best all-around team in baseball. The team’s young pitching is through the roof, despite a bad start from Jacob deGrom in his last outing, and the offense has clearly and drastically picked up since the trade deadline. In the last week alone, the Mets have scored a total of [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: Early John Milner

In a tiny corner of my tiny brain, there’s a conspiracy section that looks for connections where there are none. And that section is convinced that the Mets and Topps photographers were in cahoots to try to convince us that John Milner was a hitter. No, not a hitter in the way that Felix Millan [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6 Phillies 5 (8/25/15)

Tempers flared like the rivalry of old and Michael Cuddyer was the hero du jour as the Mets came from behind to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, their fifth straight victory. Noah Syndergaard started, looking for his first major league road win. The game's first two hitters staked him to an early 2-0 lead. Curtis Granderson [...]

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