Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Nationals 1 (5/12/22)

Taijuan Walker pitched seven shutout innings to help lift the Mets to a 4-1 win over the Nationals Thursday afternoon in the rubber game of the series. With the win, the Mets kept their streak of not losing a series alive. In 10 series to start the season, the Mets have won nine and tied [...]

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Dominic Smith’s best hope may be advice from Eric Chavez

Chances are you’re a bigger soccer fan than me. But even if you aren’t, you’ve probably heard of penalty kicks. Those are times when it’s a one-on-one matchup with the goalie. It’s not a good situation to be in for the netminder. Essentially, you guess which direction the ball is going to go, and at [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 8, Mets 3 (5/11/22)

Trevor Williams and Stephen Nogosek combined to allow just two hits and no runs in 6.2 innings Wednesday night. Unfortunately, Tylor Megill started and allowed 8 ER in 1.1 IP, digging the Mets a hole from which they could not recover, as they fell to the Nationals, 8-3. The game actually got off to a [...]

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Wednesday catch-all thread (5/11/22)

Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. The Mets have played 31 games - 17 on the road and 14 at home. Six of those 17 road games have been in Philadelphia, which historically has been a great park for hitters. Three more in Arizona - another good park [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Nationals 2 (5/10/22)

Jeff McNeil threw out a runner at the plate and had a two-run double, helping lead the Mets to a 4-2 come-from-behind win against the Nationals Tuesday night in Washington. The Mets were putting runners on base but weren’t able to come up with the big hit. Meanwhile, Carlos Carrasco was off to a fine [...]

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Jeff McNeil and his place in the batting order

The case could be made that Jeff McNeil has been the best hitter on the Mets this year. OPS is a commonly used metric to rate batters, and McNeil’s total of .835 leads the team, just ahead of Pete Alonso and his .833 OPS. Yet, more often than not, McNeil has been hitting toward the [...]

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The idea of trading Ronny Mauricio

During a Mets360 game chatter a discussion began on the future position of Ronny Mauricio. The Mets #3 prospect (making a push to become the #2 prospect) is a natural shortstop who is destined to shift positions because of Francisco Lindor and the fact that he is 6’3” tall. Mauricio could be shifted to third [...]

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Mets split doubleheader with Phillies (5/8/22)

Pete Alonso blasted two homers in the nightcap, powering the Mets to a 6-1 win over the Phillies and a split of the doubleheader Sunday in Philadelphia. The home team claimed a 3-2 win in the opener. The split gave the Mets another series victory, their eighth in nine series to open the season. The [...]

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