Roundtable: What are Terry Collins’ strengths as a manager?

Early Thursday morning the Mets were involved in another extra innings game. Carlos Torres was cruising and had thrown only 17 pitches in two innings but Terry Collins removed him so he could get Pedro Feliciano on the mound. The Dodgers had two lefties due up in the inning but in the middle was Yasiel [...]

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Will Eric Young’s slump pave the way for more playing time for Andrew Brown?

What can Brown do you? Surely you have heard this redundant catchphrase, (in posts, blogs, twitter, Facebook, etc.) when basically, anyone with the surname Brown does something well in sports, right? Well, the superfluous motto used for UPS will be used once again, this time in this column in regards to what Andrew Brown can [...]

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Mets should explore signing Cuban defector Jose Abreu

Cuban sensation Jose Abreu has defected from his home land, according to the media, and Abreu's friend and Baltimore Orioles rookie outfielder Henry Urrutia. The 26 year old phenom is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players to defect from the island, with good reason. In the five Serie Nacional de Beisbol Abreu [...]

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Jenrry Mejia’s transformation through three starts each season

Every Mets fan that witnessed the incredible achievements of Jenrry Mejia during Spring Training 2010, realizes that the sky is the limit for him. When Jerry Manuel begged Omar Minaya to bring Mejia to the major league roster some were very supportive of bringing the future directly to the majors, while others were skeptical. Regardless [...]

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Jenrry Mejia And Matt Harvey: A Real One-Two Punch?

Your intrepid columnist likes to think long thoughts, sometimes. Jenrry Mejia was mowing down Dodger after Dodger for six innings until he was betrayed by some bad defense -- “Oh, Murph…” goes the Twitter lament when Daniel Murphy makes a gaffe like last night’s – and atrocious umpiring. A graphic on SNY told the columnist [...]

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Mets need to overhaul how they handle their lefty hitters

There’s a lot to like about Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins. We have Zack Wheeler here now and Travis d’Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard on the way because of Alderson’s ability to cash in on an asset. Now that Jordany Valdespin is no longer on the club, the Mets seem to be filled with players who [...]

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Ike Davis was not cured by Las Vegas

In the pro wrestling world, Jeff Hardy is known as “The Ultimate Enigma.”  In the baseball world, that title belongs to Mets first baseman Ike Davis. Just when it looks like we’ve figured out what exactly Davis is as a player, he morphs into a completely different player. Take my article from May.  I proclaimed [...]

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Mets Minors: Matt Den Dekker goes wild in Las Vegas

Matt Den Dekker turned in his third multi-hit game in his last four appearances on Sunday, going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a run and an RBI. In his last 15 games, Den Dekker has a .396/.442/.542 line for a .984 OPS in 52 PA. However, his strong play has lasted longer than that. [...]

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