Second half questions for our Mets

What a first half it has been for the New York Mets, as the team stands in contention for a playoff spot entering the All-Star break. At the end of Saturday, the Mets stood 46-42 and only two games behind the Washington Nationals, and one game out of the wild card race. The Mets have [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Diamondbacks 3 (7/12/15)

Like a Hollywood reboot, Captain Kirk was back in action. Except this time, the three extra K's at the end of his name each represented a home run, as Kirk Nieuwenhuis became the first Mets player every to hit three round-trippers in a home game, and just the eighth Mets player to do it at [...]

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Noah Syndergaard and the potential Mets’ playoff rotation

In his debut season, Matt Harvey made 10 starts. Since then, we’ve compared first Zack Wheeler then Jacob deGrom to Harvey after they, too, have made 10 starts. It’s time to do another update, as Noah Syndergaard has now reached, okay surpassed, that total. So, here’s how it looks: IPW-LERAHRERHRBBKWHIPBABIP deGrom59.21-53.77582525526531.408.317 Harvey59.13-52.73421918526701.146.268 Syndergaard58.23-43.38562622512591.159.311 Wheeler57.05-23.63512623928451.386.259 Harvey [...]

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