Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Yankees 3 (10 INN) 6/14/23

The vast majority of LHP have great success versus LHB. But this game had two such instances where managers went for the platoon advantage and it didn’t work out in either case. Brandon Nimmo atoned for an earlier baserunning gaffe by ripping a double off a lefty to bring home the winning run in the [...]

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Discussing Ronny Mauricio, Tyler Stuart, Jose Peroza and other minor leaguers

With the major league club floundering, what better time to have a discussion on the Mets’ minor league system?  Here’s an email back-and-forth between me and our guy on the minors, David Groveman. Brian:  Ronny Mauricio hits 26 HR in AA at age 21, follows that up as the MVP of the Dominican Winter League, [...]

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Tomas Nido, one of the hardest-working Mets ever

Long-time Mets catcher Tomas Nido now plays for the Syracuse Mets. His future is cloudy. He will probably return to the Majors at some point, possibly even to the Mets, but none of that is a given. Nido was never an elite prospect, he was an 8th round selection in the 2012 draft. He actually [...]

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Mets Minors: Francisco Alvarez and the top 10 prospects

We have reached the beginning of the Short Season minors and the minor leagues are finally in full swing. Now that we’re here I am going to check in on each of the Top 10 Prospects as ranked before the season began. For those that don’t remember: 1. Francisco Alvarez, C 2. Brett Baty, 3B [...]

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Gut Reaction: Pirates 2, Mets 1 (6/11/23)

After five days of good offense, the hitters took the day off Sunday and the result was a 2-1 loss to the Pirates in the rubber game of the series in Pittsburgh. Carlos Carrasco got the start and while he wasn’t exceptionally sharp, he was getting the job done. In the fifth inning Buck Showalter [...]

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Diving into splits for MLB & the Mets based on innings received from starting pitchers

Saturday was a good day for starting pitchers in MLB. Yesterday, 14 different starters pitched at least six innings, including Kodai Senga. For a comparison, only four pitchers did it on Friday, two on both Wednesday and Thursday, and three on both Monday and Tuesday. And the previous Saturday, only one pitcher in MLB went [...]

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