Gut Reaction: Braves 5, Mets 2 (6/26/16)

The Mets lost to the Braves this afternoon at Turner Field 5-2, splitting their four-game series. They're 2-5 over their last seven against the Braves. Come on, now. Bartolo Colon started this one, and the 43-year-old continues to defy expectations. Heading into today's game he was 6-3 with a 3.00 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. He [...]

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Jacob deGrom’s results, Flores and playing time, strong relievers

On Saturday night, Jacob deGrom delivered a Quality Start (QS) for the sixth straight time. And for the sixth straight time he came away without a win. He’s 0-3 in this span, despite having a 2.25 ERA. Using research done back in 2010, which covered three-plus years and had a sample size of 317 QS, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 1, Braves 0 [11INN] (6/25/16)

The Mets defeated the Braves tonight 1-0 at Turner Field to move within two games of the Nationals for first place in the NL East. Poor Jacob deGrom. It's ten starts now that he hasn't had a W. He went eight innings in this one while giving up no runs and striking out six. Maybe [...]

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Sandy Alderson’s poorly-constructed roster is teetering

Alright, so it's getting tiring talking about the same stuff over and over again. You're tired of hearing about it, right? This is where we are at the moment, though, rooting for a team amazingly just two games back in the loss column from first place despite their inability to thrash a team with a [...]

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Sandy Alderson has tough calls to make

Being an MLB General Manager is a tough job, particular if it's for the NY Mets. Between the hyper active Big Apple media, the knowledgeable and rabid fan base, and the organization's history of melodrama, it's enough to keep a baseball executive up at night. Sandy Alderson, by most accounts, has done an admirable job, [...]

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Gut reaction: Braves 4, Mets 3 – 6/23/2016

The Mets have a lot of positives to take away from this game, but managed to come up on the short end of a 4-3 loss. The culprit was a bad, fat plate pitch from Addison Reed in the 8th inning that gave Adonis Garcia a two-run homer and the Braves the lead for good. [...]

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