Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Giants 3 (6/6/19)

Last night, Jason Vargas defied the world in hurling a five hit, complete game shutout. Among fans, that led to some early daydreaming: if Vargas can do that, what will Zack Wheeler do tomorrow? Well, Wheeler did his part and the Mets' home run bats did the rest. Power and pitching were on full display [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Giants 3 (6/6/19)

Todd Frazier hit an unlikely two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lift the Mets to a 7-3 win over the Giants Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. It was the third homer of the game for the Mets and it gave them their second rubber-game win in eight tries this season. With the [...]

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Is Finding a Star Nothing But Luck?: Quantifying the Effectiveness of MLB Player Development

A ton of work went into this piece to estimate the raw value generated by each respective organization from 2012 through 2019. Mets were middle of the pack.

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A closer look at Mickey Callaway’s bullpen use

Speaking from experience, fans love to play manager while watching games. The only thing they love more is to scream at the actual manager when he makes a contrary move. This happened Tuesday night when in Flushing skipper Mickey Callaway pulled Noah Syndergaard with two outs in the sixth inning while around the world fans [...]

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