Gut Reaction: Mets 4 Dodgers 2 (5/9/16)

For the second straight day, Mets' relief pitchers tiptoed past the lions' den without disturbing a single sleeping feline. Early homers and stout bullpen work allowed the Mets to maintain their ultra-slim lead in the NL East. Curtis Granderson sent the first pitch of the game from Scott Kazmir into the right field stands and [...]

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Mets Minors: Wuilmer Becerra has gone supernova

By this point, you know who Wuilmer Becerra is.  He’s the final piece of the coup that Sandy Alderson orchestrated with the Toronto Blue Jays when he traded away R.A. Dickey.  You’ve seen Travis d’Arnaud and have seen him shine as a starting catcher.  You’ve witnessed the emergence of Noah Syndergaard as an astonishing pitching [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4 Padres 3 (5/8/16)

On Mother's Day, 2016, the Mets and San Diego Padres played one mother of a ballgame. It was hard fought, and kind of wild. The Mets took the field in all pink road uniforms, which simultaneously raised breast cancer awareness and made them look like nine giant bottles of Pepto-Bismol. Matt Harvey started for the [...]

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David Wright and his mini surge the last 8 games

David Wright got on base all five times he came to the plate Saturday. He drew three walks, fired a single to center field and then hit a home run his last trip to the plate. Wright now has 11 extra-base hits in 112 PA. Last season he had 12 in 174. His 2016 SLG [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Padres 3 (5/7/16)

The Mets hit four homers and finally beat the Padres, 6-4, Saturday night. But there's only one thing that people will remember about this game. Bartolo Colon hit a homer. Yep, you read that right, Colon homered. Sure, Yoenis Cespedes hit one in the upper deck and David Wright and Michael Conforto went back-to-back in [...]

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Road Trip! 11 Games. 11 Days. 8 wins?

Late last night the Mets kicked off a key 11-game west coast road trip. Barring rain outs, the 11 games will be played in 11 days against the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies. Two out of three of those teams stink and the third is underperforming due to injuries. As the [...]

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