Game Chatter: Rick Porcello vs Sean Newcomb (7/31/20)

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Rick Porcello and facing the same team after a bad outing

Rick Porcello takes the mound tonight versus the Braves, squaring off against the same team that took him behind the woodshed in his first start with the Mets. This gives us a chance to test out a theory of mine. My theory is that whenever a player faces a team that he just pitched against [...]

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Gut Reaction: Red Sox 4, Mets 2 (7/30/20)

For the second straight night, the Mets had their chances with the bases loaded late but were unable to cash in. They fell to the Red Sox, 4-2, and ended up the season series with their AL East foe at 2-2. Given the Red Sox’ pitching woes, this is a disappointing result. The Mets are [...]

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Game Chatter: Martin Perez vs Steven Matz (7/30/20)

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No, Luis Rojas is not making all of the right moves

It’s frustrating to score five runs in a Jacob deGrom start, where he only allows two runs, and not win. There’s plenty of blame to go around and no one can look themselves in the mirror and say they are without fault. In a game that not only could have, but should have been won, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Red Sox 6, Mets 5 (7/29/20)

The Red Sox scored four runs against the Mets’ bullpen late and survived a 30-pitch ninth inning, as they beat the Mets, 6-5, Wednesday night at Citi Field. Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and was overpowering early, twice registering 101 mph with his fastball. But deGrom started to throw a ton of changeups in [...]

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Game Chatter: Nathan Eovaldi vs Jacob deGrom (7/29/20)

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Wednesday catch-all thread (7/29/20)

You've probably read by now that David Peterson was the first Mets starting pitcher to win his debut since Steven Matz back in 2015. What you probably haven't seen is the list of pitchers who've made their first start in the interim. Here's the list: Logan Verrett Sean Gilmartin Seth Lugo Robert Gsellman Gabriel Ynoa [...]

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Mets 8, Red Sox 3 (7/28/20)

The Mets’ offense showed up for the second straight night to make David Peterson’s debut both smooth and successful as the Mets downed the Red Sox, 8-3, Tuesday night in Boston. Peterson came out throwing 94 but soon settled into 91-92 range. His first pitch of the game missed badly and his second pitch was [...]

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Game Chatter: David Peterson vs Matt Hall (7/28/20)

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With Edwin Diaz struggling, Dellin Betances needs real opportunities

In four games the Mets have used 10 relievers. And even in that short time frame, we’ve seen expected results for the best and the worst. Anyone being honest would look at a combination of 2019 and Spring Training/summer camp results and say that Seth Lugo was their best reliever. And he already has 3.1 [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Red Sox 4 (7/27/20)

The Mets clubbed three home runs en route to opening up a seven-run lead and coming away with a 7-4 win over the Red Sox Monday night in Boston. Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith all went deep with the first two hitting two-run homers and Smith with a three-run blast. After watching the [...]

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