Thursday catch-all thread (9/5/19)

With their win on Wednesday, the Mets ended the season with a 12-7 record against the Nationals, tying the 2006 and 2008 clubs for the most wins against their division rival since they moved to Washington for the 2005 season. As a team, they posted a .799 OPS against the Nationals, with most every non-pitcher [...]

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Mets 8, Nationals 4 (9/4/19)

The Mets pounded out 13 hits, including three homers, and put the ugliness from Tuesday night behind them with an 8-4 win over the Nationals. They ended their six-game road trip against division rivals ahead of them in the standings at 4-2. Robinson Cano made his first start since being activated from the IL and [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 11, Mets 10 (9/3/19)

In a game they had no business losing, the Mets gave up seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to come out on the wrong end of an 11-10 score. It was an unfathomable ending to a game that had multiple twists and turns. This was the supposed to be the pitcher's duel [...]

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Jeurys Familia needs to be on a tight leash

Mets reliever Jeurys Familia entered the Sunday game against the Phils in the 8th inning, and has happened all too often this year, Familia ended up throwing gasoline on the fire. The score was tied 2-2 when Familia entered the game, with a runner on first, but the inning ended with the Phils ahead 5-2, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Nationals 3 (9/2/19)

Noah Syndergaard rebounded nicely from the worst start of his career last time out, throwing seven shutout innings to lead the Mets to a 7-3 win over the Nationals. The Mets now are 11-6 this year versus the Nationals. After allowing a leadoff single, Syndergaard retired 16 batters in a row. The Nationals had just [...]

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Mickey Callaway fails the leverage test, again

Sunday was the first day of September, the day when MLB rosters expand from 25 to any number you want up to 40. It’s a crazy relic of a different time and after years of people pointing out the absurdity of playing by one set of rules for five months of the year and playing [...]

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Gut Reaction: Phillies 5, Mets 2 (9/01/19)

The Phillies scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, right after the Mets had tied the game in the top of the frame, and thus avoided getting swept, as they escaped with a 5-2 win Sunday night in Philadelphia. The Mets trailed 2-1, as they were thoroughly flustered by Zach Eflin. But [...]

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