Hot-hitting Curtis Granderson gets the short stick in OF rotation

For most of the year, injuries have kept the Mets from having to make too many tough decisions on how to handle who starts in the outfield. And while currently there is an outfielder on the disabled list, Juan Lagares was clearly lower on the pecking order than the other four players. So, Terry Collins [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 7, Mets 4 (6/17/17)

The Nationals used the home run offense to beat the Mets,7-4, Saturday afternoon. It was the third straight loss in the four-game series. Washington hit three homers today, each coming off a breaking ball. Seth Lugo allowed the first two and Paul Sewald gave up the back breaker, an upper deck shot by Adam Lind [...]

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Mets starting pitchers victimized by the HR ball

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 7, Mets 2 – 6/16/17

Two-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer was too much for the Mets tonight, holding them to four hits over eight innings. The heterochromic wonder baffled the Mets with a full arsenal of sliders, curves, change ups and fastballs. What's amazing is that he doesn't throw 98. Whether it's because he can't anymore or because he [...]

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Reed and Blevins could really use a hand

In spring training, the Mets bullpen looked really solid, from top to bottom. But, as the saying goes, "that's why you play the games." Closer Jeurys Familia notched 94 saves over the past two seasons while former closer Addison Reed was coming off his best season as a setup man. Also coming off good years were righty Fernando [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 8 Mets 3 (6/15/17)

Another day, another horrid game at home against the Washington Nationals, another major injury. Two more players relegated to the disabled list. It's New York Mets baseball! An hour before game time it was announced that Neil Walker would be shelved for "several weeks" with a partially torn hamstring and Matt Harvey would join him [...]

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