A look at Luis Severino’s 4-2 record and 3.12 ERA

One of the feel-good stories of the year for the Mets has been the performance of Luis Severino. A star with the Yankees back in 2017-18, Severino had fallen on hard times, due mostly to an assortment of injuries. He was quickly identified as an early target in free agency and he signed a one-year [...]

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Applying common sense to determine the Mets’ rotation

One thing that people fret about that doesn’t concern me in the slightest is the worry about how future free agents will react to how you handle the most-recent players you signed as free agents. You hear some variant of, “Future free agents won’t sign with a team that doesn’t bend over backwards to give [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 10, Marlins 4 (6/12/24)

The Mets put on their hitting shoes, as they pounded out 14 hits and 10 runs – only the third time this year they’ve reached double-digit runs – as they blew out the Marlins, 10-4, Wednesday night at Citi Field. The Mets put up crooked numbers in four different innings, including the first two. Harrison [...]

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Gut Reaction: Marlins 4, Mets 2 (6/11/24)

The Citi Field offense reared its ugly head, as the Mets managed just two runs on four hits and fell to the lowly Marlins, 4-2, Tuesday night. A two-run double by Mark Vientos gave the Mets a 2-1 lead in the second inning. But that was the extent of their run scoring for the night. [...]

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A biased look at Starling Marte

Starling Marte has never been my cup of tea. Perhaps it’s because fans clamored for the Mets to get him and put Brandon Nimmo on the bench or to an outfield corner, despite Marte not being a particularly good defensive CF. Perhaps it’s because he misses a month or more out of every season and [...]

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Poll: What was the most annoying thing about the London Series?

It’s naïve to think that we – and that truly includes all of us, from the fans to the ball boys, to the players to management – don’t have some kind of responsibility to grow the game. And obviously some can do more than others. And that’s okay. As hardcore fans, sometimes our part is [...]

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