Gut Reaction: Mets 3 Tigers 1 (8/7/16)

The Mets used a tried and true -- if unsustainable, with this roster and manager -- formula to salvage the final game of their interleague series in Detroit: starting pitching and home runs. Jacob deGrom wasn't as smooth or commanding as his previous two starts, but he got the help he needed. deGrom put multiple [...]

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The fall and rise of Alejandro De Aza

No one was excited when the Mets signed Alejandro De Aza this past offseason. Oh, sure, it made a lot of sense. He was going to be in a quasi-platoon with Juan Lagares, he didn’t cost very much and he was willing to sign a one-year deal. And he hit okay versus RHP. It wasn’t [...]

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