Gut Reaction: Mets 13, Nationals 5 (5/30/22)

On a beautiful spring evening in New York, the Mets hosted the Nationals and the Nationals brought their hitting shoes early. After David Peterson got the first out of the game, he gave up a single, a walk to Juan Soto, hit Nelson Cruz and gave up a two run single to the opposite field [...]

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The crisis of the ‘June Swoon’

As Thomas Paine once noted, these are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, and the fair-weather fan will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their ball club; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. June, like hell, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Phillies 4 (10 INN) 5/29/22

How many times does a guy make a great defensive play and then come up third in the next inning? All kidding aside, Eduardo Escobar made a great play in the top of the 10th inning and then came up in the bottom of the inning and delivered a rocket to right field, driving home [...]

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The Mets’ best active pitcher, Marte’s May rebound, breaking down Ottavino

When Spring Training started, it was a reasonable question to ask who the Mets’ best pitcher was. Jacob deGrom was in the midst of an historic season in 2021 but then got hurt and missed half the year. Most Mets fans consider deGrom as the best pitcher in the game but his injury issues had [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Phillies 2 (5/28/22)

The Mets cruised to an 8-2 victory over their division rival the Phils before a crowd of 37,445 at Citi Field. The first-place Mets improved their record to 31-17. The home-town nine drew first blood in the second when Starling Marte motored into third base on a single to right by Mark Canha, and then [...]

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Brandon Nimmo leads Mets’ offensive resurgence

As of this writing, the Mets are 30-17 with a 7.5 game lead atop the NL East. They’ve lost only two series this year, which is both phenomenal and speaks to the quiet consistency they’ve managed over the first quarter of the season. There aren’t any flashy winning streaks, sure, but they’ve also managed to [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Phillies 6 (5/27/22)

The game shouldn’t have been this close. But Edwin Diaz came on with filthy stuff, struck out Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos after a one-out bloop hit to close the game and give the Mets an 8-6 win over the Phillies Friday night at Citi Field. The Mets are now 7-3 against the Phillies this [...]

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Mets fans, the seas are about to get choppy

So far, 2022 has been a really fun season to be a Mets fan. We've seen incredible comebacks, amazing plays, a bench clearing brawl, improbable heroes, incredible performances and more. And, as of this writing, we're sitting comfortably atop the NL East standings. So far, so great. We were able to build up an eight [...]

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