Gut Reaction: Mets 5, White Sox 3 (8/31/24)

Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and the Mets got just enough pitching against the lowly White Sox to emerge with a 5-3 victory Saturday night in Chicago. It was the Mets’ third-straight win and puts the club eight games over .500 for the first time this season. [...]

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Reed Garrett and the quest to rediscover his early-season WHIP

After giving up runs in two of his first three appearances after being activated from the IL, Reed Garrett notched his fourth straight scoreless appearance Friday night. With Dedniel Nunez on the IL, Adam Ottavino apparently busted to low-leverage appearances only and Ryne Stanek not trusted to pitch at all, it would be a huge [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, White Sox 1 (8/30/24)

There are never any style points in wins and that becomes even more apparent when you’re trying to make up ground. It wasn’t necessarily a pretty win but it was a win nonetheless, a 5-1 triumph over the White Sox Friday night in Chicago in the opener of a three-game series. Tylor Megill got the [...]

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How will the Mets utilize their outfielders in the final 28 games?

A lot was made in the offseason about how David Stearns was going to prioritize defense. Which sounds great, at least until you have to watch those guys brought in for their defense actually hit. It typically doesn’t go well. Yesterday afternoon in Phoenix, with the team having had a crushing defeat the night before [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 3, Diamondbacks 2 (8/29/24)

It would have been easy for the Mets to roll over after a demoralizing loss last night. But despite that setback they battled all game and came away with a 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks Thursday afternoon in Phoenix. The victory gave the Mets the series win and it also gave them the season series [...]

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Gut Reaction: Diamondbacks 8, Mets 5 (8/28/24)

Edwin Diaz gave up a grand slam homer for another demoralizing loss, as the Mets fell to the Diamondback, 8-5, Wednesday night in Phoenix. It’s the second straight appearance for Diaz where his gopher ball turned a win into a loss. With Dedniel Nunez seemingly unavailable, the Mets turned to Phil Maton to start the [...]

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Luis Severino vs Eduardo Rodriguez (8/28/24)

Brian Yesterday at 9:46 pm Not a fan of Marte hitting third Strong inning for Severino Name Yesterday at 9:56 pm Erod coming back from TJ? hey look Gary answered our question from yesterday Brian Yesterday at 9:57 pm Frank Thomas - never would have guessed it. shoulder problem and lat strain for Rodriguez this [...]

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