Gut Reaction: Nationals 1, Mets 0 (5/2/15)

In yesterday's game the Mets struck out 12 times and left eight men on base. Today the offense struck out 10 more times and left 10 runners on base, providing zero offense to back their pitcher. Jon Niese pitched around a lot of traffic on the bases, but managed to give up just one run [...]

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Amed Rosairo, others, struggling with aggressive assignments

Early last month we wrote about some select Mets prospects that the team had been uncharacteristically aggressive in promoting to start the 2015 season. It was uncharacteristic in the sense that the team has generally been somewhat conservative with many of their prospects under General Manager Sandy Alderson's regime. It's unclear whether it was a [...]

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John Mayberry Jr.; use as directed

A serious Mets fan can easily read 20 or more articles about the team and its individual players in a typical week.  There are over a dozen blogs to choose from.  The New York papers usually have one or two Mets pieces each per day.  There's ESPN and other online sources.  And if you're really [...]

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