Mets embark on 16-game stretch against NL East clubs

Before the season started, this figured to be the Mets’ most challenging time with the schedule. After seven games with the Padres and Cubs, they were going to have a host of games against division rivals. The hope was that by now the rotation would be complete and that the club would be at full [...]

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Dominic Smith stays in the lineup and the XBH start appearing

In his last three games, Dominic Smith is 4-9 with a double and two homers. It seems like every time that Smith or Pete Alonso or Francisco Lindor strings together a handful of games with good results that we’re expecting them to put up a month-long stretch like this and it just hasn’t happened yet. [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Cubs 3 (6/16/21)

Dominic Smith and Kevin Pillar each hit solo homers and drove in two runs, as the Mets survived an early exit from Jacob deGrom to post a 6-3 win over the Cubs Wednesday night in Citi Field. It was the Mets’ fourth-straight win and pushed their record to 35-25. In last year’s 60-game season, the [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 3, Cubs 2 (6/15/21)

In a battle of division leaders, the Mets edged the Cubs 3-2 at Citi Field Tuesday night. The Mets have now taken the first 2 games of a four game set against the northsiders. The Cubbies grabbed the early lead on a third inning two run blast to right center by Javy Baez. The Mets [...]

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Marcus Stroman’s terrific season versus his ERA estimators

In revamping their pitching staff this past offseason, the first thing the Mets did was to extend the Qualifying Offer to Marcus Stroman. Now, MLB deadline dates made that a necessity. Still, the Mets willingly paid the freight for a pitcher who sat out the year before. And it ended up being the highest AAV [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Cubs 2 (6/14/21)

David Peterson mocks those who were clamoring for him to be removed from the rotation, as he throws six shutout innings against a Cubs team that came in with a five-game winning streak, leading the Mets to a 5-2 win Monday night at Citi Field. In his previous two starts, Peterson allowed 11 H and [...]

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Mets Minors: Francisco Alvarez’ early promotion

The Mets promoted their Top Prospect (depending on rankings) from Low to Advanced A on May 25th placing their 19 year old catching prospect, Francisco Alvarez, in their most talented lineup with Ronny Mauricio, Brett Baty, Adrian Hernandez and Luke Ritter. Alvarez had been destroying the pitchers in Florida and had quickly proved himself more [...]

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