On being in the Wild Card round, if James McCann deserves a playoff spot and thoughts on Francisco Lindor

What a ride 2022 has been for the Mets! They replaced an ineffectual manager with Buck Showalter, signed a bunch of impact free agents, traded for a starting pitcher who won 15 games and picked up a hitter at the trade deadline who posted a 139 OPS+. But it wasn’t all sunshine and lollipops. Their [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 9, Nationals 2 (10/5/22)

The Mets scored three runs in each of the first three innings and coasted to a 9-2 win over the Nationals in the final game of the regular season Wednesday night. The victory gave the Mets 101 wins, the second-best mark in franchise history. And it left them tied with the Braves for the top [...]

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