Examining the NL East race at the beginning of June

In January, if any Mets fan was approached and told that the Mets would be tied with the Nationals for two months and one day, they’d ask where to sign. To say the least, the Mets have had an interesting ride to a 29-23 record. It has been propelled by an 11-game losing streak, countless [...]

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NL champion Mets pass on opportunity to play in World Series

In a shocking act unprecedented in professional sports the New York Mets, having upset the favored Washington Nationals in an exciting seven game NL championship series have opted to not participate in the 2015 World Series. In a press conference held at Citi Field Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, flanked by team owners Fred Wilpon, [...]

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Mets Minors: Dominic Smith finally breaks out

I feel like I’ve been overly harsh on Dominic Smith.  He’s 19 years old and playing in Advanced A for the first time against much older competition, but the former first round pick has not looked very good through 2015. Smith has been solid in his first two minor league seasons.  He’s hit for average, [...]

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Can Michael Conforto crack big league roster this season?

Over this past week, the Mets announced that they promoted their 2014 first round draft pick Michael Conforto to Double-A Binghamton. This move could be considered aggressive, as he was hitting .283 with a .350 OBP in only 46 games at Single-A St. Lucie. The power was on display, as Conforto hit seven homers and [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Marlins 3 (5/31/15)

Ruben Tejada did his best to play the hero on Saturday, but had to settle for that honor on Sunday, as he drove in Juan Lagares from second base in the bottom of the seventh inning to put the Mets ahead for good, in what turned out to be a back and forth affair. The [...]

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Back of the batting order a top problem for the Mets

The Mets scored five runs on Saturday, which is usually a very good thing. They came into the game 17-1 when they tallied five or more runs in a game this year. Make that 17-2 as after battling back from a four-run deficit, the offense could do no more and the bullpen allowed four runs. [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 9, Mets 5 (5/30/15)

The Marlins pulled away in the seventh inning against Hansel Robles and continued to tack on runs in the ninth inning against Alex Torres to win the game 9-5. Jon Niese's rough stretch continued, as he went four innings, and let up five runs (four earned). Many of his pitches were out over the plate, [...]

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