Gut Reaction: Mets 2, Rockies 1 (4/18/21)

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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Nimmo-Springer-Bradley comparison, the real life ‘I don’t know’ at third base, the baseball joys of Denver in April

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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Mets split in Colorado (4/17/21)

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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