Gut Reaction: Mets 3, Nationals 2 (8/1/15)

It was a tight contest on Saturday night. Jacob deGrom was in trouble early and often, but after giving up two runs in the first inning, he settled down and put up zeros for five more innings. He went back out for the sixth even though his pitch count was 101. I think that shows [...]

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Carlos Torres has turned it up

The Mets bullpen didn't appear to be a weakness heading into the season. In fact, it seemed that it may have been an actual strength. Then all of the misfortune came washing down. Josh Edgin was lost to Tommy John surgery. Vic Black and Bobby Parnell hit the disabled list. Jenrry Mejia was slapped with [...]

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A scenario explaining the Mets/Gomez trade fiasco

I realize that the trendy thing to do is write about the big Yoenis Cespedes swap the Mets made on Friday but I thought I’d reflect on the almost-Gomez trade that didn’t happen on Wednesday. Some people are more into conspiracy theories than others. I am kind of into that stuff. A good conspiracy theory [...]

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