The Mets’ offense is worse than you think

With the addition of Pete Alonso and Tommy Hunter to the injured list, the Mets’ walking wounded count is now up to seventeen (!) players. Not only are seven of the team’s nine opening day starters currently out with various ailments, the backups and backups to the backups are dropping like flies as well. Cameron [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Marlins 5 (12 INN) 5/21/21

Jake Hager, Khalil Lee and Johneshwy Fargas all delivered hits in the 12th inning, giving the Mets a three-run lead. They gave back two in the bottom half of the inning but held on for a 6-5 win over the Marlins in the opener of a three-game set in Miami Friday night. All kind of [...]

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Mets try to compete while starting a sub-par Triple-A outfield

When the season started, the Mets weren’t scoring runs because their regulars got off to slow starts. Now, they’re not scoring runs because the regulars are injured, the backups are injured and they’re playing guys who, quite frankly, aren’t MLB quality. And we still haven’t seen Mallex Smith. What’s that – he’s injured, too? That’s [...]

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Poll: As we near the quarter-mark of the season, how do you feel about the Mets?

After 37 games, the Mets are in first place despite an offense that wasn't producing much when healthy and which now is decidedly unhealthy. The pitching staff was for the most part very good when healthy and now is decidedly unhealthy. The team is 11-4 at home and 9-13 on the road. They are 9-7 [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 5, Mets 4 (5/19/21)

After using 11 relievers in the past two games, the last thing the Mets needed was an early exit from starting pitcher David Peterson but that’s exactly what happened. Peterson couldn’t make it thru five innings and the Braves scored off both the third and fourth relief pitcher used by the Mets Wednesday and they [...]

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Mets aim for 30 years of catharsis in their rivalry with the Braves

The depleted Mets won their second straight game in Atlanta Tuesday night. That may not sound like much but with the way that the Braves have owned the Mets in general the past 30 years, and in Atlanta in particular, it was really something to make you sit up and notice. Let’s examine some of [...]

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Tuesday catch-all thread (5/18/21)

Please use this thread to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. Just for the record, let's state all of the players unavailable for the Mets right now: Noah Syndergaard - 60-day IL, expected back mid-June Carlos Carrasco - 60-day IL, earliest available late May Seth Lugo - 60-day IL, earliest available late May Luis [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 3, Braves 1 (5/17/21)

In their first matchup against the Braves this year, the Mets suffered two more injuries but escaped with a 3-1 victory Monday night in Atlanta. Taijuan Walker got the start and pitched well until being forced to leave the game with tightness in his left side. The last thing the Mets needed was another injury [...]

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