Mets Minors: Being cautious with David Peterson

If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed that the Mets have started their 2017 Top Draft Pick in Columbia, instead of aggressively promoting him to Advanced A. Often times you see collegiate pitchers skip over the Full Season A leagues because teams are eager to get them to the majors. Afterall David Peterson [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rockies 3, Mets 2 (5/6/18)

The Rockies rallied from an early two-run deficit to claim a 3-2 victory Sunday over the Mets and a sweep of the three-game series. The Mets have now lost six games in a row. Noah Syndergaard wasn’t sharp and keeping with his preference to look for a reason to pull starters rather than a reason [...]

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Gut reaction: Rockies 2, Mets 0 – 5/5/18

The Mets wasted a good pitching performance by Steven Matz to get shut out for the third time in four games. Matz delivered six innings of one run ball and Paul Sewald and Robert Gsellman kept the Mets in the game, allowing one additional run over three relief innings, but the Mets lineup again looked [...]

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An interview with artist Graig Kriendler

If you are a fan of both art and baseball, and you don't know the name Graig Kriendler, you are certainly missing out. With portraits that look like real images at a glance, there is no denying the value that Kriendler brings by digging out memories of ballplayers and their exploits and bringing them back [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rockies 8, Mets 7 (5/4/18)

The Mets were unable to recover from another first inning deficit, as they fell to the Colorado Rockies 8-7. Maybe it was the negative aura of the designation for assignment of Matt Harvey still in the air, or maybe it just wasn’t Zach Wheeler’s day on the mound as he gave up 5 first inning [...]

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