Jose Butto shines in his first MLB start of the season

Back in the middle of March, there was a piece here called, "Jose Butto should be in the rotation over Adrian Houser." It was a good piece because it was a real opinion backed up with facts. Additionally, it was something just about no one was saying and even fewer were writing. Of course, even [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets get first win of 2024 with twinbill split with the Tigers

The Mets rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth for a 2-1 win and a split of their doubleheader with the Tigers Thursday afternoon. It was the first victory of the year for the Mets, who had dropped their first five games of the season. Pete Alonso led off the ninth inning [...]

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Carlos Mendoza better not overuse Edwin Diaz

The New York Mets are off to a sluggish start in 2024. They got swept in their first series vs the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend, and lost the first game of the current three game series to the Detroit Tigers on Monday, to start the year 0-4. Not a lot of things have gone [...]

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Mets go dumpster diving to sign Julio Teheran

Longtime readers will know my oft-stated distaste of the Mets’ organization’s preference for guys who were good on another team three or more years – but who now stink – over giving guys from their own organization a shot. And it’s true whether it was dumpster diving for starting pitchers or recycling old first basemen [...]

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Step off the ledge Mets fans, it’s four games

In 2023, the Braves won 104 games. No rational person can claim that they weren’t a fantastic regular-season team. And yet they had three separate times when they lost four straight games. From 4/19-4/23 and again on 7/15-7/19 and once more on 9/15-9/18, the Braves lost four straight games. Of course, it helped when they [...]

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Gut Reaction: Tigers 5, Mets 0 (10 INN) 4/1/24

It’s hard to decide which one was more brutal – the Mets fielding in the 10th inning or their hitting throughout the game. Either way, they lost their fourth straight, with a 5-0 setback to the Tigers Monday night at Citi Field. Mets got the first two batters on in the first inning, followed by [...]

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Early Mets thoughts after three games

One of the great things about baseball is that the season is six months long.  There are peaks and valleys every year.  No team is out of it after the first series of the year.  In 2005, the Mets went 0-5 to start the season.  It felt like they were playing uphill the whole rest [...]

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Gut Reaction: Brewers 4, Mets 1 (3/31/24)

The Mets’ offense was nowhere to be found for the second time in three games, as the Brewers complete the sweep with a 4-1 win Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. Tylor Megill got the start but was not especially sharp, as he consistently ran deep counts and dealt with baserunners all game. He needed 78 [...]

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