Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Nationals 3 (5/20/19)

Dominic Smith provided an insurance RBI in the 8th, and Edwin Diaz and the Mets held on to beat the Nationals to end their losing streak at five. Running into some trouble in the ninth, Diaz held on for his 11th save and the Mets despite missing some big names in their lineup sealed an [...]

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Mets Minors: Addressing the Triple-A roster and Luis Carpio

People like to complain. As long as the complaints are legitimate, that’s okay. The issue is when some people are so eager to complain that they throw all reason and judgment out the window. Then it’s just sport. And if you’ve got time in your life for complaining as sport, your time would be better [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 3, Mets 0 (5/19/19)

The Mets came into this Sunday afternoon contest trying desperately to avoid the ignominy of being swept by the worst team in baseball, the Miami Marlins. Oh, and there was the added bonus of manager Mickey Callaway's job possibly hinging on the outcome. While the players themselves had no say about the latter situation, Noah [...]

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Robinson Cano among the many of Brodie Van Wagenen’s early failures

It’s been a tough week for Robinson Cano. While hoping that two off days and a rainout would help rejuvenate the 36 year old, instead we’ve seen him have to apologize to his manager for loafing on the field, we’ve seen him responsible for colliding in the field with the team’s best player, giving Michael [...]

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Jim Riggleman is waiting in the wings, again

The seat on which New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway sits has suddenly become very warm. Just as it seemed that his team had begun to pull things together, even reaching the .500 mark again with a victory against the Nationals on Tuesday night. Callaway had needed that little stretch of winning games, considering that [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 8, Mets 6 (5/17/19)

After losing two of three against the Nationals, the Mets came into the night in need of a win against the Marlins who they were 5-0 against on the year. Jacob deGrom, with Wilson Ramos behind the plate, took to mound for the Mets and was knocked around for six runs over five innings. Tonight [...]

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