Gut Reaction: Mets 3, Angels 0 (5/19/17)

There's no place like home. The Mets returned from a disastrous road trip and snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the Angels Friday night. Jacob deGrom gave the team what it desperately needed - a strong outing from a starter. He went seven innings and fanned nine. He earned his first [...]

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Don’t look away – the Mets are about to turn it around

After a 10-14 opening month filled with injuries and slumps, we thought things couldn't get worse. Now 6-9 in May with new injuries, slumps and drama added to the mix, here we are, at 16-23. Fans and writers are talking about selling off in July, about a season going down the tubes. Relax, fellow Met [...]

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Checking in on Jay Bruce’s defense with advanced numbers

One of the criticisms of the Mets heading into the 2017 season was how they weren’t a very athletic club and this was likely to show up on the defensive side of things. One of the main sources of this criticism was Jay Bruce and how he was one dimensional on offense and that he [...]

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Gut Reaction: Diamondbacks 5, Mets 4 (11 INN) 5/17/17

The Mets were swept for the second straight series, as they lost the series-closer against the Diamondbacks, 5-4, Wednesday afternoon in Arizona. The Mets jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first but by the third inning, they were trailing. They went back on top in the fourth inning but the [...]

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Curtis Granderson leads the parade of going-to-be-gone Mets

The 2016-2017 off-season for the Mets was an unusual anomaly. There were no roster moves of any consequence, the roster that ended 2016 was barely changed as the 2017 season started. The Mets may catch fire or they may muddle on as they have been this season, but either way they are not going to [...]

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Gut Reaction: Diamondbacks 5, Mets 4 (5/16/17)

The schizophrenic Mets lost their sixth straight game, this one a 5-4 setback against the Diamondbacks in Arizona. Before the current streak, the Mets had gone 8-3 in their previous 11 games. But before that, they had lost 10 of 11 games. Tommy Milone made his second start for the Mets and showed why he [...]

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