Gut Reaction: Braves 4, Mets 3 (10 INN) 9/10/16

The Mets jumped out to the early lead but could not make it stand up, as they fell to the Braves in 10 innings, 4-3, Saturday night in Atlanta. Dansby Swanson led off the 10th with a single, went to second on a wild pitch and advanced to third on a single. It looked like [...]

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Revisiting the Mets’ all-time top 10 hot streaks

The Mets are on their best hot streak of the year, having won 15 of their last 19 games. Back in 2011, after the conclusion of that season, I wrote an article about the top 10 hot streaks in team history. That article is getting some views now, so it seems like a good time [...]

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The Mets’ mishandling of pitchers

In 2016, the Mets had high hopes of riding their pitching staff back to the World Series. With a starting five of Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz and Bartolo Colon with Zack Wheeler expected to return in June, the team had every reason to be optimistic. The 43-year-old Bartolo Colon has been [...]

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