The 2019 Mets have 86 wins despite all the bad stuff

The Mets finished the 2019 season with a sweep of the Braves, which got them to 86 wins on the year. It wasn’t good enough for the postseason but it’s right about where most people expected the team to be before the year started. As with any season, there were some highs and lows. Yet [...]

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Mets Minors 2019 top 50 prospects (Top 10)

Many sports pages and blogs only list a Top 10 prospects. That is fine and dandy but many more than a team's Top 10 wind up making an impact on the roster eventually. Just ask Jeff McNeil who may have never sniffed the Top 10 before emerging as an MLB star. When you list a [...]

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A pessimistic view on 2019

The New York Mets have not always been known as an opportune franchise. The 2019 season is no exception, as they will miss the post season for the third consecutive season. Although they will finish above .500 for the first time in that three-year span, it is difficult to see a silver lining in the [...]

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Mets’ 2019 season is one to build on

That the Mets were in the playoff hunt up until the last week of the season is incredible. Incredible considering they lost every game in the month of June (seemingly). And incredible considering their closer coughed up more home runs than Pete Alonso hit (actually 15, but there’s still time). Oh, and miraculous given that [...]

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Now to “win in the future”

So the bell has rung on the Mets in their 58th season. What became certainly a memorable one was marked by fantastic individual performances, massive momentum swings, and many back-page headlines. Ultimately they did not “win now” as Brodie Van Wagenen once decreed they would, unless your definition of winning is merely a season above [...]

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Thursday catch-all thread (9/26/19)

Today could be the last start that Zack Wheeler makes for the Mets. If so, it's fitting that it will be against the Marlins, the team that he's done his best work against. Lifetime, Wheeler is 7-2 with a 1.77 ERA against Miami. In his last six games against the Marlins, Wheeler is 5-1 with [...]

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Mets 10, Marlins 3 (9/25/19)

In what is likely his last start of the year, Jacob deGrom pitched seven more shutout innings and his teammates had an offensive explosion, giving him a nine-run lead after three innings, en route to a 10-3 win over the Marlins Wednesday night. However, the Mets were eliminated from the postseason with the Brewers win. [...]

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