Reevaluating the Mets’ offseason moves

Mets General Manager Billy Eppler had his work cut out for him last off-season. Sure, it helped to have Steve Cohen's checkbook at his disposal, but still, it was up to Eppler and his front office staff to determine which Mets free agents to bring back or cut loose, which league free agents they should [...]

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Gut Reaction: Astros 2, Mets 0 (6/29/22)

Justin Verlander and Taijuan Walker engaged in a tremendous pitcher’s duel, combining for 15.1 scoreless innings. The Mets were too eager to go to their bullpen and the result was a 2-0 loss to the Astros, giving the Mets their first three-game losing streak of the season. After getting out of the seventh inning, the [...]

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Mets Minors: The future of Mets’ catching and the June top 20 prospects

Another month into the system and we’ve started to learn things about the prospects in the Mets system but the biggest and most important thing we’ve learned is that Francisco Alvarez is a great prospect. Since ascending into the #1 prospect slot he’s held there pretty firm through some surging months of Brett “The Met” [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 3, Mets 2 (6/26/22)

The Mets went 1-13 with RISP and carrying multiple lefty relievers that the manager has zero faith in led to using 36-year-old Adam Ottavino in back-to-back games, with Ottavino surrendering a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth, sending the Marlins to a 3-2 win Sunday afternoon in Miami. The Mets had golden [...]

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Quality Starts and the 2022 Mets

In yesterday’s Game Chatter we were discussing Quality Starts (QS), which began when someone asked if a game where the starter had 6 IP and 3 ER was still a quality one. My immediate answer was yes. But before we get into details on that, it should be pointed out the problem with the question. [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Marlins 3 (6/25/22)

Pete Alonso hit two home runs and Edwin Diaz struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading the Mets to a 5-3 win over the Marlins Saturday afternoon. The victory gives the Mets the series win and guarantees the club a winning record in the month of June. Alonso got things [...]

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