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This snip is from Brandon Nimmo's Statcast page. The nice thing about the Statcast numbers is that we know they are updated daily. All of these numbers are presented so that the higher the number, the better the player is in the category, whether it's a traditional "good" or "bad" outcome. For instance, Nimmo strikes [...]
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The Mets loaded the bases in the ninth inning but could not complete the comeback, as the top two hitters both failed to come through with a clutch hit, leading to a 3-1 loss to the Cubs Tuesday night in Chicago. Two walks surrounding an out brought Luis Guillorme up as a pinch-hitter and he [...]
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Since the year 2000, the top offensive season by a shortstop with enough PA to qualify for the leaderboards was turned in by Alex Bregman, who posted a 169 wRC+. The top mark by a Mets shortstop came in 2011, when Jose Reyes notched a 142, which is tied for the 16th-best mark in the [...]
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After a fast start to the 2020 season, we took a look last August at what was different with Mets first baseman and outfielder Dominic Smith. He continued his hot start through the end of the season and even received some down ballot votes for NL MVP, finishing 13th in a breakout season. But this [...]
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Which one was more unlikely – a 2-1 game in Colorado or the Mets ending a game with a caught stealing? Both things happened Sunday afternoon in Denver as the Mets edged the Rockies to claim the series win. Marcus Stroman was terrific, as he allowed just 1 ER in 8 IP and if not [...]
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The Mets – or perhaps more accurately Mets fans – spent a lot of the offseason chasing someone to come in and play center field. At one point, it seemed like a done deal that they were going to sign George Springer. And then after Springer went to Toronto, many fans and online writers were [...]
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It’s about time. Jacob deGrom pitched wonderfully, again, but it looked like he was going to suffer another painful loss, this time to the one-two punch of no run support combined with bad defense. But the offense bailed him out in the top of the seventh inning and the Mets earned a come-from-behind 4-3 win [...]
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Please use this chatter for both games
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Fivethirtyeight, started by Nate Silver, is a stat nerd’s dream. Filled to the brim with unique models for sports and political statistics, along with great written content surrounding them, they are the best place to go in terms of data visualization. While I have advocated against using statistics to make in-game decisions, I am all [...]
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