Mets Minors: Dominic Smith’s outlook only gets worse

Back in 2013 the Mets selected Dominic Smith with their 11th overall pick. A pick that meant the Mets could not sign a Top-tier Free Agent. A pick that meant the Mets were spared the dive bomb decline of Michael Bourn, who had been coming off the best year of his career. The same draft [...]

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Gut reaction: Red Sox 4, Mets 3 – 9/16/18

They could have won this game. They should have won this series. But, as has been the case all season, the Mets squandered another quality start from ace Jacob deGrom. deGrom struck out 12 over seven innings of work, but did allow three earned runs, including a two-run home run to Brock Holt. The Mets [...]

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Noah Syndergaard and the over-the-top nitpicking

Noah Syndergaard came up in 2015 and was pretty darn good. He was even better the following year. Prior to the 2017 season, Syndergaard decided that the way to become even better was to bulk up so he could throw even harder. It didn’t sound good at the time and the results were pretty much [...]

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Gut reaction: Red Sox 5, Mets 3 – 9/15/2018

Paul Sewald. That's why we lost this game. You can blame the pitcher or the manager for choosing to use him when the game was close, but the moribund reliever was responsible for four of the runs as he got clobbered without even finishing one inning of relief. Otherwise, the Mets played well and could [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Red Sox 0 (9/14/18)

The New York Mets made a grand entrance to Boston on Friday night, as they slugged their way to an 8-0 victory over the Red Sox. The Mets set a tone for their offensive performance in the first inning of the game, as a Jay Bruce doubled to drive in Michael Conforto. This would be [...]

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A bittersweet good-bye for David Wright

Yesterday's David Wright press conference epitomized the term "bittersweet." After two plus years of surgeries, rehab and set backs, the Mets captain is rejoining the roster on September 25 with plans to start the game on the 29th. His primary motivation for fighting through all the pain was giving his young daughters the chance to [...]

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