Gut Reaction: Angels 3, Mets 2 (8/4/24)

It was a matchup of two starting pitchers without either great results or great stuff. And the game lived up exactly to its billing, as both pitchers seemed more interested in racking up big pitch counts early than putting hitters away. And in this game of death by a 1,000 cuts, the Mets came out [...]

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Jose Quintana vs Griffin Canning (8/4/24)

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The Mets’ current pen since June and who will go when three relievers return?

We’re so used to the Mets’ bullpen needing to add quality relievers that we’re not really prepared for what happens in the next week to 10 days, where the Mets will have to decide how to handle adding three relievers coming off the IL to a group that’s been more good than bad the past [...]

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Gut Reaction: Angels 5, Mets 4 (8/3/24)

Huascar Brazoban gave up a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Mets fell to the Angels, 5-4, Saturday night in Anaheim. The Mets had just taken a 4-2 lead, thanks to a grand slam by J.D. Martinez in the top of the seventh. Carlos Mendoza opted to go to his pen, removing David [...]

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Carlos Mendoza has proven to be a hands-on manager

Most teams and managers give lip service to playing their entire roster. And every team does that with their pitchers but how many do with their hitters? Friday night, all 30 teams played and eight teams did not make a hitting or defensive change to their starters. Assuming that’s a normal day this time of [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Angels 1 (8/2/24)

It was a successful Mets debut for Paul Blackburn, who put a bunch of runners on base but came out mostly unscathed. The Mets had a bunch of hits and wound up with a 5-1 win over the Angels to start out their 10-game road trip Friday night in Anaheim. Blackburn gave up six hits, [...]

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A different midseason top 20 list for the Mets

People love lists, especially ranked lists. And it’s easy to understand why, as these lists help bring order to things. But some things lend themselves quite well to lists – like, say, who has the most home runs or strikeouts. And some things simply don’t. It’s my opinion that top prospect lists are like that. [...]

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A look at two center fielders for the Mets

Here are two players for your consideration: Player A: 310 PA, 103 OPS+ 1.3 rWAR, 1.5 fWAR, $10.5 million Player B: 233 PA, 96 OPS+, 1.5 rWAR, 0.6 fWAR, $2.025 million They’re pretty similar. Perhaps you’d prefer Player A due to his fWAR advantage, at least until you looked as their respective salaries. The players [...]

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The many ways Jesse Winker will help the Mets

One of the trades that the Mets made before the Trading Deadline was acquiring Jesse Winker from the Washington Nationals this past Saturday night. Just like the other Mets trades, Winker may not be a splashy name that’ll make fans talk World Series contention. But this is a good, underrated acquisition that will benefit the [...]

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Gut Reaction: Twins 8, Mets 3 (7/31/24)

Luis Severino couldn’t keep the good times going and the Mets fell to the Twins, 8-3, Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field. With the loss, the Mets dropped to 57-51 for the year. Severino gave up a solo homer in the second for the game’s first run. After the Mets gave him the lead in the [...]

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