Mets Minors: David Thompson looking to become a household name

The first real note on David Thompson is that back in 2012 the Yankees aimed to snatch him in the 38th round of the amateur draft.  As all scouts predicted, Thompson went to college instead.  Part of the issue with his draftability was the fact that he was a two sport player.  He wound up [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Indians 0 (4/17/16)

The Mets took on the Indians in Cleveland this afternoon in the rubber game of the series and came away the with shut out the win, 6-0. It was the first series win for the Mets this young season. Steven Matz was looking to bounce back after his horrid season debut, and he was phenomenal. [...]

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Yoenis Cespedes leads revival for Mets hitters

Lucinda Williams went to Slidell to look for her joy, meaning that the Mets going to Cleveland to look for their offense is not the unlikeliest road trip ever. The good news for Mets fans is that it appears to have happened, as the club has hit seven homers in two games, after delivering just [...]

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Gut Reaction: Indians 7, Mets 5 (4/16/16)

The Mets hit three more homers but the pitching didn't hold up its end of the bargain, as the Mets fell to the Indians, 7-5, Saturday afternoon. The game started off great, with Curtis Granderson hitting a leadoff homer. And it got better in the bottom of the frame, as Matt Harvey struck out the [...]

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David Wright, Travis d’Arnaud, and quality of contact

The Mets' offense, as a whole, has sputtered out of the gate. That's no secret, and it's been frustrating for fans as well as, apparently, Terry Collins. The poor performance has been a team effort, mostly, with a general failure to execute despite some pretty good individual starts to the season. In fact, the differences [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Indians 5 (4/15/16)

They made it interesting as always, but the Mets came out of tonight's game against the Indians the 6-5 victors. Coming into the game, they seemed to be bidding for the "lowest scoring team award" this season. Their 20 total runs scored was higher than only the 0-9 Minnesota Twins. Has the Mets' offense awakened? [...]

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Didn’t Travis d’Arnaud used to be good?

Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud has gotten off to a brutal start. It’s early for sure, but the 27 year old has just two singles in 23 plate appearances. In fact the lone big hit to come from a catcher this season was courtesy of backup Kevin Plawecki, who may soon warrant more playing time if [...]

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A strange couple of weeks for Jacob deGrom and the Mets

It can safely be said that so far, the 2016 New York Mets’ season isn’t anything we signed up for. First of all, there’s this stumbling, troubling 3-5 start. As with all statistics in any game, that’s the bottom line. Did you win or did you lose? The fact that the Mets – overall consensus [...]

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