Mets fans, the seas are about to get choppy

So far, 2022 has been a really fun season to be a Mets fan. We've seen incredible comebacks, amazing plays, a bench clearing brawl, improbable heroes, incredible performances and more. And, as of this writing, we're sitting comfortably atop the NL East standings. So far, so great. We were able to build up an eight [...]

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Curb your enthusiasm, Mets fans

Following the Mets double header sweep of the Giants on Tuesday, the headlines started prematurely proclaiming the Mets were the greatest team in the league. "This year's Mets team has staying power, and here's why," wrote Danny Abriano in a blog post for SNY and Yahoo Sports Wednesday. "Power Shift: Mets Are Quickly Overtaking Yankees [...]

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Aaron Loup is a rainbow in a $#&%@storm

After the biggest, ugliest of thunderstorms ruins your weekend plans and muddies your lawn, you can muster just the slightest of smirks at the site of a rainbow in the sky. And so this is how we're coming to view Aaron Loup, a middle reliever and a rainbow in a $#&%@storm. This once promising Mets [...]

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Michael Conforto, Jeff McNeil and the big bats return

Despite losing six of their last 10, getting shut out four times in the past week, and losing three more pitchers to the IL, the Mets somehow sit atop the NL East with a four-game lead over the surging Nationals and five over the struggling Phillies and Braves. [as of Thursday night] The Bats Return [...]

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It’s beginning to look a lot like 2009

If this all feels eerily familiar, it's because we've seen this movie before. This is not the first time the Mets began a season with so much optimism, only to watch high hopes turn to despair as seemingly everyone but the announcers in the broadcast booth got injured. Let's go back to 2009. The team [...]

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10 Stats Explain How a Talented Mets Team Will Finish Under .500

It's kind of unfathomable that a team with a killer lineup, the best pitcher in baseball, and a solid bullpen can miss the playoffs in a year when more than half the teams make it. There are plenty of teams who will be playing in October who don't have half as much talent as this [...]

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Life aint right without my beloved Mets

Life has not been normal for anyone. Most of us have been quarantined for 75 days, and, even if we've been lucky enough not to get sick or lose a loved one or our job, it's been a trying time. We're working from home (if at all), kids are home schooling, we miss friends and [...]

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Ya Gotta Believe?!

Against all odds and reason, the Mets are now within spitting distance of the second wild card with a real chance to fight for the playoffs. These are the same Mets who were left for dead at the All-Star break a month ago, after a brutal month of June all but sunk their season. But [...]

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Mets stand pat at the trade deadline

After shocking the baseball world by trading for Marcus Stroman and then surprising no one by giving away Jason Vargas to save a few bucks, the Mets stood pat at the trade deadline. Zack Wheeler's name was seemingly brought up more times than Donald Trump's in the past 48 hours. But despite rumors having him [...]

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