Francisco Alvarez’s bat heats up in the nick of time

Coming into the 2023 season, the Mets had some highly rated prospects who unfortunately were incomplete players.  Known for their hitting ability, there were serious concerns about the ability of each to adequately field a position.  Their names were Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and Franciso Alvarez. Baty, who reportedly spent an enormous amount of time [...]

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How the Mets fared with their 2024 deadline additions

Both prior to and at the 2024 trade deadline, the Mets picked up some players to sure up some troubled areas.  They focused on a left-handed bat, a middle of the rotation starter and some established bullpen pieces.  What many of us wanted was the addition of a game changer, like the trade that brought [...]

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The Mets are on the verge of becoming trade-deadline buyers

The Mets' 16-8 record in June of 2024 was their second-best month of June in team history. It certainly was a departure from the awful months of June in the past, where their lackluster play usually created a huge hole that was often hard to climb out of, even with historically productive strong summer months [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 7, Mets 5 (7/3/24)

Okay, was I the only one who thought if we take this game we take the series? Or that we all knew Christian Scott would throw a good game? Probably not. Scott threw 5 2/3 innings, giving up six hits, four earned runs, two walks and two K, with 99 pitches, 65 of which he [...]

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Gut Reaction: Astros 9, Mets 6 (6/29/24)

The Mets got off to a strong start and the chatter was lively and lots of fun. We forgot that there was nine innings in the game and we had no closer. Frambler Valdez who had been 2-0 against the Mets had trouble finding the strike zone issuing three walks, allowing six runs and getting [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Astros 2 (6/28/24)

After sweeping the cross town Yankees, the Mets welcomed the hottest team in baseball to Citi Field, the Astros, who had strung together seven straight wins to get themselves back to .500. Jose Quintana muddled his way through four innings throwing 93 pitches with only 54 strikes. He was touched for a Jose Altuve HR [...]

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The Mets are avoiding their typical ‘June Swoon’

Much has been written and discussed about how the Mets fall apart in June putting themselves in a hole that they need to claw out of to be competitive.  When looking back on the last eight years - not including the Covid-shortened 2020 season - there have certainly been some months of June that stand [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Giants 2 (4/24/24)

After taking two of three games from the Dodgers, the Mets had to salvage this closeout game against the Giants to avoid a losing road trip. And win they did.  Sean Manaea appeared to be on life support several times but somehow managed to finagle is way out of all jams until he was pulled [...]

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Do the Mets sign Alonso long-term now or let him walk?

There continues to be a debate over whether 29-year-old Pete Alonso should remain a member of the Mets, especially with his less than stellar start to the 2024 season.  While he has ramped up his hitting game this last week, including a bunch of long balls that left him one HR off the MLB lead [...]

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Mets managers from Stengel to Mendoza and everyone in between

In their the inaugural season, the Mets ownership selected Casey Stengel to be their first manager.  Stengel’s MLB playing time spanned from 1912-1925 where he was a .284 career hitter with what would have calculated in today’s terms to a .766 OPS and a more than acceptable OPS+ of 120.  He managed from 1949 to [...]

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