The night Neil Allen got bad advice

By the end of the 1982 baseball season, Neil Allen was arguably one of the best pitchers in New York. Yes, the Yankees had Ron Guidry, Dave Righetti, and Tommy John and yes, the Mets had Craig Swan but consider what Allen had achieved in his career by that point. By the end of 1982, [...]

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Will the eventual return of Chris Young become an issue?

As it stands right now, the Mets have themselves a nice outfield that is producing in many different ways. With free-agent acquisition Curtis Granderson in right, uber-defensive specialist Juan Lagares in center and the speedy Eric Young Jr. in left field, the Mets have a quick, athletic and dynamic outfield. However, Chris Young—the odd man [...]

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Kyle Farnsworth, early season savior

The Mets' signing of Kyle Farnsworth during the offseason came with little fanfare. It was a classic Sandy Alderson veteran player signing; bring in a veteran on a minor league contract and have him fight for a spot on the team. However, as spring training progressed, unlike last year’s signings of Marlon Byrd and Latroy [...]

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Dillon Gee can still get better

Mets’ nine game road trip is off to a good start after they salvaged the rubber game of a three game series beating Atlanta 6-4.  The bullpen was superb tallying nine scoreless innings versus the Braves, a stark difference from the opening series against the Nationals.  While the bullpen’s season-long success is still very much [...]

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Dave Hudgens needs to preach better swinging

Over the past few years Mets fans have become accustomed to seeing perfectly good pitches not being swung at. It’s infuriating - but is it a real problem, or just impatient fans wanting more offensive production? Let’s take a look at Baseball-Reference’s advanced batting stats to get a better perspective. In this short season the [...]

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An Early Loss Gives The Mets A Clue About Their Future

The 2014 season is all of eight games old. The Mets are 3-5, having been humiliated at home by the presumptive NL East champ Nationals and gained a measure of redemption vs. the Reds. That homestand was marred by ineffective hitting and woefully sub-par bullpen work. These themes had already been beaten to death in [...]

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Ruben Tejada making most of his opportunity

Although he ended the Mets furious rally against Craig Kimbrel and the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night with a strikeout, it’s time we put aside our prejudices and  applaud Ruben Tejada for providing solid play at shortstop out of the gate. Sure, Tejada is no world beater, but who said he had to be? It’s [...]

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