Terry Collins, the Mets infield and why it hurts to lose

Player PA OPS fWAR wRC+ Kevin Plawecki 129 .598 .1 68 Eric Campbell 142 .542 -.4 58 Ruben Tejada 133 .736 .6 107 Dilson Herrera 77 .622 .4 78 Wilmer Flores 248 .688 .9 93 There is something glaringly wrong with this table, and it's the fact that Ruben Tejada has been one of, if [...]

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Current and historical disabled list info for the Mets

A favorite ploy of managers and athletes is to use the phrase, “I don’t want to use injuries as an excuse.” Of course they immediately go on to do just that. Injuries are part of the game, we all get that. But at some point, it would be nice if the Mets weren’t hanging around [...]

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Mets Minors: Hansel Moreno and the potentially disappointing DSL

The season has barely begun for the Mets in the Dominican Summer League and already there are people vying to make the types of impressions that Wilmer Flores and Vicente Lupo once did.  Consider Met prospect Hansel Moreno who is part of a tremendously talented class of players in the lowest division of Met prospects.  [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 1, Mets 0 (6/21/15)

Another embarrassing loss. Another terrific pitching performance, which hasn't been a given of late, wasted. Another feeble performance by the offense. Am I being too critical? A five-game losing streak in which the Mets have been outscored 24-6, and a sweep by the Atlanta Braves says I'm not. Where oh where to start to plug [...]

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What should the Mets do with Jenrry Mejia?

Remember earlier this season when fans were wondering who the Mets closer would be as the season progressed? The team started the season with Jenrry Mejia as the closer, Jeurys Familia as the setup man, and Bobby Parnell was bound to come off the disabled list. However, Major League Baseball suspended Mejia for testing positive for [...]

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Can Matt Harvey be a stopper for the slumping Mets?

It used to be a common baseball term to refer to a team’s ace as a stopper. As in, the guy on the mound who ends long losing streaks. Now, it’s just as likely to refer to a team’s main bullpen guy. Or, even worse, as a team logo wine cork. But today, let’s go [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 6 Mets 4 (6/20/15)

Full disclosure: I missed most of this game. I was at a pre-Father's Day dinner at my brother-in-law's house. I tuned in in time to see yet another fielding gaffe account for the Braves' sixth run. I notice that Noah Syndergaard got knocked around a bit, Curtis Granderson hit the ball hard three out of [...]

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The OPS and downs of Wilmer Flores

A most polarizing figure in the Mets’ blogosphere is 23-year-old Wilmer Flores. If you are a Mets fan you undoubtedly have an opinion about him and it’s likely a strong one. The dividing line between the Flores factions is the question of whether his bat is potent enough to make up for a questionable (to [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 2, Mets 1 (6/19/15)

The Mets suffered a demoralizing loss to the Braves Friday night, seizing a loss from the jaws of victory with a 2-1 setback. Terry Collins utilized four pitchers in the eighth inning and with better play and better managing he would have used just one. An inexperienced (14 games) Ruben Tejada at third base killed [...]

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