Category: Feature Stories
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Jacob deGrom, his dominance, and his evolution…
With all due respect, the best pitcher in New York right now might not be not Matt Harvey. That is not a knock on Harvey by any means. There’s no question Harvey has been spectacular outside of a start or two in his first year back from Tommy John Surgery. He has dazzled, dominated, and pitched like…
Michael Baron
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Month in review: An up and down May for the Mets
After what was a successful and quite honestly a surprising month of April, the Mets and a good portion of their fanbase were a confident bunch entering the second month of the season; and there was good reason to be excited. Coming into May the team was 15-8 and lead the National League East by…
Rich MacLeod
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Bartolo Colon’s mystifying consistency
It’s difficult to quantify the consistency of Bartolo Colon. He doesn’t do anything with glitz, flare or power. In fact, Colon is the anti-glitz, flare or power. Perhaps the best way to quantify Colon’s consistency is mystifying. He leads the National League with eight wins against only three loses. While his ERA is 4.72, that can…
Michael Baron
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Ruben Tejada is off to a good start at third, seizing the new opportunity
It hasn’t been an easy road for Ruben Tejada. He was anointed the Mets shortstop when Jose Reyes departed for the Marlins after the 2011 season. In the first half of the 2012 season, the club looked like they could do ok without Reyes, as despite not possessing the lex Tejada was hitting .325 with a .381 on-base percentage.…
Michael Baron
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What are the Mets going to do with Steven Matz?
–This was original posted on May 29, 2015 at 10:06 am– Down on the farm, yet another young Mets starting pitching prospect is dominating and making a strong case to graduate to the big leagues. Earlier this week, Steven Matz tossed seven shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out seven. He…
Rich MacLeod
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