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The Mets have enjoyed success from two of their offseason acquisitions of late. Both Justin Wilson and Jeurys Familia are holding their own when summoned into the game. After an abysmal four months of the season, the month of August has been kind to the Mets relievers and the returns have been bountiful. Their success [...]
Marcus Stroman surrendered two, two-run homers as the Cubs downed the Mets, 5-2 Tuesday night at Citi Field in the opener of the three-game series between two clubs fighting for a Wild Card spot. Pete Alonso gave the Mets the first lead, as he hit a solo homer leading off the fourth inning. It was [...]
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Jacob deGrom had a marvelous 2018 season for the Mets, and was rewarded with a well deserved Cy Young Award. The righty is once again pitching brilliantly, and once again he deserves to at least be in the conversation for the 2019 Cy Young. There are several other contenders who are all pitching lights out, [...]
J.D. Davis has played 400 innings in left field so far this season. Looking at all players in MLB to log at least 300 innings in left, we see he ranks tied for 35th in DRS with a (-7) mark and 39th with a (-16) UZR/150. Both systems see his range as the biggest problem. [...]
A 20-year-old shortstop playing in AA-Binghamton and managing an OPS around .700 is nothing to sneeze at. Though top prospects should not be hammering out paltry .241/.305/.378 batting lines either. When we began the year, people had Andres Gimenez and Pete Alonso as the top two prospects in the Met system. Most, in fact, labeled [...]
Josh Donaldson cracked two homers and Dallas Keuchel pitched another strong game against the Mets, leading the Braves to a 2-1 win and a sweep of the three-game series Sunday afternoon. Donaldson hit a pop fly in the second inning that somehow left the park to give the Braves the early lead. But his homer [...]
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The Mets saved ownership a million dollars by cutting Adeiny Hechavarria one day before he was due to receive a roster bonus. To take his place on the roster, they signed the recently-DFAd Joe Panik, in a move applauded by those who are fans of acquiring guys who were good three (actually, in this case [...]
In a game that became a battle of the bullpens, the Braves’ pen proved markedly better, as they hurled four scoreless innings – after contributing seven scoreless frames Friday night – to lead Atlanta to a 9-5 win Saturday night at Citi Field. The game turned in the staggered inning of the bottom of the [...]
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