Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Diamondbacks 3 (8/27/24)

The Mets sent 12 batters to the plate in the fifth inning en route to scoring six runs and breaking open a close game, resulting in an 8-3 win over the Diamondbacks Tuesday night in Phoenix. The Mets are now 3-2 versus the D’Backs this season. Pete Alonso staked the Mets to a 1-0 lead [...]

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How David Stearns assembled the current Mets’ roster

As a GM/PoBO, part of your job is to bring guys into the organization. But another part of your job is to divvy up playing time, which means both promoting and demoting/cutting guys. It’s both easy and proper to congratulate David Stearns for signing Sean Manaea and Jose Iglesias. But we can’t just acknowledge the [...]

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Gut Reaction: Padres 3, Mets 2 (8/25/24)

The back end of the Mets’ bullpen has been so good for so long. But two of their best relievers gave up homers late, turning a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 loss Sunday afternoon in San Diego. The loss means the Mets split the four-game series with the Padres. But, should the two teams tie, [...]

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Sean Manaea turns it up a notch, Francisco Lindor leads NL in fWAR, Pete Alonso’s August

After starting June off with back-to-back clunkers – a combined 11 ER in 9.1 IP – Sean Manaea has been outstanding. He’s pitched in 13 games since those rough outings and has a 2.83 ERA while limiting opposing batters to a .584 OPS. And the Mets are 10-3 in those Manaea starts. Among the 74 [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Padres 1 (8/24/24)

Francisco Lindor belted two homers and David Peterson pitched into the eighth inning, leading the Mets to a 7-1 win over the Padres in San Diego Saturday night. The Mets have won two of the first three games and will look to claim the series win Sunday afternoon. Lindor’s first home run was a grand [...]

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With his strong pitching the last five weeks, Mets fans hope David Peterson has stepped forward

Five weeks ago, the question was asked here: Will the real David Peterson please stand up? And the six games since that post, Peterson has gone 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA in 34.1 IP. The last four starts have all been good. And while he’s still out-pitching his peripherals, there’s enough there to make one [...]

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Gut Reaction: Padres 7, Mets 0 (8/23/24)

Mets fans can be forgiven if they think Joe Musgrove is the best pitcher around. Musgrove now has 20 consecutive scoreless innings against the Mets, as he led the Padres to a 7-0 win over the Mets Friday night in San Diego. In a game like this, sometimes you say – at least no one [...]

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