Jeff McNeil is having a Rookie of the Year caliber season

Jeff McNeil is not going to win the Rookie of the Year award in the NL this year, despite the fact he has been a hitting machine at the plate for the Mets. He was only called up in July, so he will have less than half a season with the team. Even if he [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Dodgers 2 (9/3/18)

The great Baltimore manager Earl Weaver once famously said "The secret to baseball is simple: starting pitching and three-run homers." The Mets employed that philosophy to a T on Labor Day, 2018. Jacob deGrom opened this series in Los Angeles historically, but inauspiciously. With one out in the bottom of the first, ol' pal Justin [...]

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Mets Minors: Andres Gimenez has exceeded expectations

Before the season I ranked the Top 25 players in the Met farm system and now that the minor league year is just about over it is time to provide grades for those players based on how they performed.   Andres Gimenez, SS: B+ Gimenez not only hit well enough to earn himself a mid-year [...]

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Gut reaction: Mets 4, Giants 1 – 9/2/18

Noah Syndergaard pitched his best game of the season to lead the Mets to a 4-1 win over the Giants for the series win in San Francisco. Syndergaard notched the first complete game of his career and was in command from the first pitch, striking out 11 and allowing just two hits over nine innings. [...]

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Post-deadline Zack Wheeler has gone from good to great

After starting the season in the minors, Zack Wheeler places right now in the top 10 in the National League in both IP (160.1) and ERA (3.37) and he has career-best numbers in WHIP (1.185) and K/BB ratio (3.18). But there are at least as many people still dubious about his ability to continue this [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 2, Giants 1 (11) (9/1/18)

A combination of effective pitching and timely hitting helped the New York Mets in their efforts of beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in 11 innings. On the mound for the Mets in AT&T Park today was the lefty Steven Matz, and he pitched nearly flawless over the seven innings that he was in the [...]

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Noah Syndergaard is not overrated

Much like how the God of Thunder in Greek mythology, Thor, brought thunder to the masses of Athens, Noah Syndergaard would bring a thunderous roar from the Citi Field faithful when he would take the mound. Already an enigmatic figure in his short career, Syndergaard quickly gained attention around the league for his tall stature, [...]

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