Gut Reaction: Braves 9, Mets 7 (5/2/17)

It was clear from the onset of the ball game that Matt Harvey did not have his best stuff tonight. He gave up his seventh home run on the season already, which is an issue that becomes more and more pressing with each start. Harvey surrendered six runs on eight hits over 5.1 innings pitched. [...]

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Rafael Montero is a decent stop gap option

The Mets suffered through a most disastrous weekend.  Even though they managed to take two of three games on the road versus the Nationals, they suffered great losses both on and off the field.  To add insult to injury, not only did they lose Noah Syndergaard for an indeterminate amount of time, they were pounded [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Braves 5 (05/01/2017)

The Mets won their first ever game at Sun Trust Park and it was a team effort. The team finally made Julio Teheran look human, jumping out to an early lead on a Michael Conforto solo home run, before lighting him up in the 4th inning. Ten Mets batters got up in the fourth contributing [...]

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Mets Minors: Rafael Montero and Brandon Nimmo hoping to right the ship

We’ve talked about promotion Smith and Rosario to help the floundering Flushing Mets but both the team is hesitant to throw those players into roles as potential saviors of the franchise.  Meanwhile, there are a few players who can help the big league club right away and potentially stop the bleeding until we get off [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 23 Mets 5 (4/30/17)

The Mets entered play on Sunday looking for the series sweep against the Nationals. Jose Reyes hit a one out triple right down the first base line in the first. Jay Bruce followed with an RBI single through the shift to make it 1-0 in favor of the Mets. In the bottom half of the [...]

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Michael Conforto and Asdrubal Cabrera are moving in opposite directions

Ideally, you want your best players getting the most PA. As you might imagine, things haven’t exactly been ideal so far for the 2017 Mets. Only one of their top five players in PA is off to a good start in Jay Bruce. This is due to injuries to their good players, slumps by guys [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5 Nationals 3 (4/29/17)

Well, this was most unexpected. After listless, lethargic play, after horrible fielding, horrible luck and horrible injuries on their 1-7 homestand, the Mets have hit the road and taken two straight from their division-leading tormentors, the Washington Nationals. Away from Citi Field, the play has been crisper and the excitement level raised. The Mets took [...]

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