Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Giants 2 (4/24/24)

After taking two of three games from the Dodgers, the Mets had to salvage this closeout game against the Giants to avoid a losing road trip. And win they did.  Sean Manaea appeared to be on life support several times but somehow managed to finagle is way out of all jams until he was pulled [...]

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Gut Reaction: Giants 5, Mets 1 (4/23/24)

It was too much Logan Webb, as the Giants righty shut out the Mets for eight innings in a 5-1 victory for the Giants Tuesday night in San Francisco. The loss snaps the Mets’ streak of winning five straight series and puts them on a three-game losing streak. The Mets loaded up their lineup with [...]

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Mets Minors: Jonah Tong, the one we missed

The Mets have hundreds of players in their system and we, as an internet community, tend to only focus on 50 or less of the “prospects” in that group. I keep a running tab of rankings and am constantly adjusting players up and down the rankings as seasons move along. The Mets’ seventh round pick [...]

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Gut Reaction: Giants 5, Mets 2 (4/22/24)

Jose Quintana didn’t have it tonight and he put the Mets in an early hole from which they could not recover, as they lost the opener of a three-game series to the Giants, 5-2 Monday night in San Francisco. Quintana allowed seven hits and three walks in his five-plus innings, which the Giants turned into [...]

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Comparing the offensive merits of Tyrone Taylor and D.J. Stewart

In yesterday’s Game Chatter we talked some about the relative merits of DJ Stewart and Tyrone Taylor. Clearly, Taylor is the better defensive player. But the question is if Stewart’s big advantage on offense makes up for his deficit in defense. If this was a Presidential debate, people would accuse me of being a flip-flopper [...]

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Adam Ottavino off to a strong start in his third year with the Mets

The Mets’ bullpen has been a very pleasant surprise so far here in 2024, with several members displaying excellent numbers. Because good results abound, it’s somewhat easy for an individual player to get lost. And in the Mets’ case that certainly applies to Adam Ottavino. There’s no immediate story for Ottavino like there is for [...]

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Gut Reaction: Dodgers 10, Mets 0 (4/21/24)

After a two-week run of terrific offense, the Mets ran into a buzz saw in the shape of Tyler Glasnow, who handcuffed them for eight innings en route to a 10-0 win over the Mets Sunday afternoon. While the loss kept the Mets from their first sweep in Los Angeles this century, it was still [...]

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Adrian Houser vs Tyler Glasnow (4/21/24)

Name Yesterday at 4:05 pm BROOMS at the ready Brian Yesterday at 4:13 pm That was a 2023 swing for Marte Metsense Yesterday at 4:13 pm California Dreaming Sweep The graphic should have been Walk of Shame Name Yesterday at 4:19 pm Freeman strikes again Brian Yesterday at 4:22 pm Name do you have an [...]

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