Gut reaction: Nationals 25, Mets 4 – 7/31/18

If you missed this game, you may think the score is a typo. It's not. The Mets lost by three touchdowns in the most lopsided loss in the 57-year history of the franchise. Following a very active trade deadline in which the Nationals opted not to sell off and instead go for it this year, [...]

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Mets Minors: Levi Michael lives up to first-round pick status

Minor league promotions can be a funny thing. Necessity has made the Mets make many more moves in their system here in 2018 than they have in the past. Even with that, we saw players stay at a level perhaps a little longer than their stats might have indicated. The prime example was Jeff McNeil [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 1, Pirates 0 (7/29/18)

Zack Wheeler did the heavy lifting today against the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the New York Mets earned a series split against them with a 1-0 victory today in the beautiful PNC Park. Wheeler continued his recent stretch of strong starts against one of the more hot teams in the National League. Against the team that [...]

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Zack Wheeler and his proper trade value

The Mets have made two trades already as the non-waiver deadline approaches, sending impending free agents Jeurys Familia and Asdrubal Cabrera to greener pastures. For a while it looked like Zack Wheeler would be on the move, too, but the latest news says that one may not be imminent. MetsBlog’s Andy Martino reported this: The [...]

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Gut Reaction: Pirates 5, Mets 0 (7/28/18)

The Pirates won for the 13th time in their last 15 games by downing the Mets, 5-0, Saturday night in Pittsburgh. Jacob deGrom didn’t have his best stuff but pitched well enough to win if the Mets had delivered the offense they did in the four games after his last start. In deGrom’s last game, [...]

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