Jose Quintana and his peers among Mets’ SP with at least 50 IP and an ERA north of 5.00

Mets’ starting pitching here in 2024 has been pretty bad. As a team, prior to Sunday morning’s start in London, the team’s SP were 11-22 with a 4.52 ERA. And that’s with Citi Field playing as an extreme pitcher’s park. That raw ERA ranked 23rd in the majors and if we had ERA+ in this [...]

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Gut Reaction: Phillies 7, Mets 2 (6/8/24)

The Phillies jumped the Mets for six runs in the fourth inning and cruised to a 7-2 win Saturday afternoon in the first of two games between the clubs played in a soccer stadium in London. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Mets. Sean Manaea started for the Mets and looked good [...]

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David Stearns and the Mets need to play the long game at the trading deadline

Good morning, Guvnor! Yeah, corny, I know, but when in London… My Dick Van Dyke/bad Cockney accent aside, the Mets begin their whirlwind two-game set in the Motherland on a high note. Having swept the Washington Nationals before embarking on their ‘cross-pond journey, the Mets touched down at Heathrow tied for third place in the [...]

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How should we feel about the J.D. Martinez signing?

Most of us were pretty happy when the Mets signed J.D. Martinez near the end of Spring Training. Yes, it was unfortunate for Mark Vientos – an issue compounded by the Mets sending him to the minors at the start of the year while Martinez worked his way into shape – but it seemed like [...]

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A Mets discussion on young shortstops, Alex Ramirez, Brandon Sproat and more

David Groveman joins me to discuss various minor league prospects for the Mets. Brian: Here are two 19-year-old shortstops in Lo-A for your consideration: Player A: .266/.345/.404, .329 BABIP, 10.4 BB%, 23.3 K%, .348 wOBA, 105 wRC+ Player B: .267/.332/.441, .294 BABIP, 6,7 BB%, 16.1 K%, .365 wOBA, 122 wRC+ They’re fairly similar but my [...]

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Removal of shift is biggest reason for Jeff McNeil’s struggles

There have been many under-performing hitters in the Mets' lineup in 2024. One of them has been Jeff McNeil. It was only two seasons ago when McNeil finished the 2022 season with a .326 average, which not only won him the National League batting title, but it was also tops in Major League Baseball as [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 9, Nationals 1 (6/5/24)

Luis Torrens blasted two homers to back an excellent outing by Luis Severino, lifting the Mets to a 9-1 victory and a three-game sweep of the Nationals Wednesday in Washington. The Mets pulled to within a half a game of the third-place Nats. Torrens opened the scoring with a homer to right center with two [...]

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