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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David Schoenfield on the Mets not being a very good team

"Well, the New York Mets or Washington Nationals are going to win the NL East and neither is a very good team. They're not as good as the Cardinals, Pirates or Cubs; they're probably on par with the Arizona Diamondbacks and maybe not even as good as the Milwaukee Brewers, who have a .426 winning [...]

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Quotes: Smoltz says Mets pitching is better than 90’s Braves

In an interview with the New York Daily News, soon-to-be-inducted Baseball Hall of Famer John Smoltz had some high praise for the Mets' young pitching quintet of Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz and Jacob deGrom. "They're way better," Smoltz told Daniel Popper. "They've got more talent than we could ever have." The [...]

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Quotes: “No change” for Wright

"The Mets third baseman, who is rehabbing from spinal stenosis and has not played since April 14, was scheduled Monday to have his weekly checkup with Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles, and according to general manager Sandy Alderson there has been “no change” in Wright’s status. A day earlier, manager Terry Collins indicated Wright was [...]

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