Mets bench depth being put to the test

Although Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen has come under fire of late, there is one thing for which he deserves credit. That is stashing some extra veterans in AAA Syracuse for when injuries would inevitably strike. And strike they did this past week as our three best outfielders all got injured. At full strength, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Nationals 4 (5/23/19)

It looked like the Mets were going to drop a game they had no business losing. But then the Nationals’ pen struck again. Carlos Gomez delivered a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Mets to a 6-4 win over the Nats Thursday afternoon in Citi Field and a sweep of the four-game [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Nationals 1 (5/22/19)

We can all get used to these comeback wins against he Nats. Entering the 8th inning down 1-0, the Mets offense came alive led by some unlikely heroes. Adeiny Hechavarria, Juan Lagares, and Rajai Davis all had big hits as the Mets stormed for six runs to beat the Nationals, improving to 7-5 on the [...]

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Yoenis Cespedes and non-baseball related injuries

There has been a lot of talk recently about Mickey Callaway and his status as the manager of the New York Mets. Amid all of the chatter and speculation, the club was hit with a bombshell in the form of another injury on Monday afternoon; reports indicated that Yoenis Cespedes fell in a hole and [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Nationals 5 (5/21/19)

The Mets staged three different comebacks, the final one completed in the bottom of the ninth inning, to eke out a 6-5 win over the Nationals Tuesday night. It was the first time this year the Mets won a game where they trailed after the seventh. With runners on the corners and two outs in [...]

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How are Brodie Van Wagenen’s exiles faring?

Brian wrote an excellent article on Sunday detailing the “performance” of the new players Brodie Van Wagenen acquired for the Mets for this season. To summarize, the group is top-heavy with largely underperforming, overpaid, and aging veterans. We’re going to take a look at the other side of the equation today, that is, how well [...]

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