Gut Reaction: Mets 3, Phillies 0 (10 innings) (7/11/18)

Well, the wins may be few, the team might stink, the management inept and the ownership dysfunctional, but three things the Mats have going for them right now: Jacob deGrom, Brandon Nimmo and walk-off wins. All three were on full display tonight. deGrom was his usual stellar self, and as usual, came away with nothing [...]

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Gut Reaction: Phillies 7, Mets 3 – 7/10/18

Amed Rosario hit two triples! Wilmer Flores and Jose Reyes each got on base twice! PJ Conlon and Tyler Bashlor combined to allow just one run over 4.1 relief innings! The Mets made no errors and even turned a few highlight plays in the field! Dom Smith got a hit! But, um, yeah, we lost [...]

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Asdrubal Cabrera’s possible landing spot

The Mets are expected to be sellers at the trade deadline this year, according to numerous reports. Most of the speculation has involved moving one of the Mets’ starting pitchers, but there is a position player who could be attractive to a contender. That position player is second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera, one of the few [...]

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Gut Reaction: Phillies 3, Mets 1 (Game 2, 7/9/18)

Aaron Nola hurt the New York Mets while he was on the mound and in the batter’s box, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Mets 3-1 in the second game of the doubleheader. For Mets starter Corey Oswalt, things literally could not have gone more perfect through his first four innings. He was dealing, at [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Phillies 3(10) (Game 1, 7/9/18)

The New York Mets opened their doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies with a walk-off victory as they defeated their division rivals 4-3 in 10 innings. Of course, who else would the walk-off RBI be attributed to besides Wilmer Flores? After appearing to be hit by the pitch before the home run, the count was 3-1 [...]

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Mets Minors: Jeff McNeil deserves a shot in 2018

The great sell-off will begin in the near future and players like Asdrubal Cabrera, Wilmer Flores, Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce may find themselves joining teams in the playoff hunt while the Mets continue to dive in the standings. While all of that chaos continues at the major league level there is a player, now [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rays 9, Mets 0 (7/8/18)

Nate Eovaldi? Great. The Mets never hit Nate Eovaldi. -- Me, 1 hour before first pitch I didn't know how right I was. Chris Flexen, Chris Beck, Tyler Bashlor and Paul Sewald conspired to allow the Tampa Bay Rays nine runs. Eovaldi conspired with himself to keep the Mets off the bases. As conspiracies go, [...]

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