Category: Feature Stories
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How Kevin Plawecki and the Mets got to this point
It’s been an interesting road for Kevin Plawecki and the Mets. Tonight the 24-year-old catching prospect makes his major league debut in Flushing. A lot could have happened to prevent today from happening, and a lot of things had to happen to make it possible, as well… As a freshman at Purdue University, Kevin Plawecki was already…
Rich MacLeod
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One year later, the Mets decision to stick with Lucas Duda has proved to be their best
One year ago today, Sandy Alderson made arguably the best decision of his tenure as general manager of the Mets–trading away Ike Davis. This move ended the long internal debate over who would be the first baseman of this team for the foreseeable future, and Sandy and Co. decided to go with Lucas Duda, who was not…
Rich MacLeod
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Bartolo Colon is as fascinating a player as there is in baseball
Bartolo Colon is equally as fascinating as he is fun to watch. He never wavers, he never gets knocked down, even if he’s on the mound and his team falls behind by four runs in a blink of an eye. “We’ve got all these theories, and he’s got his own style of calming himself down,” Terry…
Michael Baron
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Wilmer Flores made a big contribution, and he needed it
Coming into Thursday night’s game, Wilmer Flores was quite possibly as close to a worst-case scenario in his start to the 2015 season as he could possibly be. He had struck out in seven of his first 29 plate appearances. He had reached base only six times over the first nine games of the year. He…
Michael Baron
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The Mets can survive without David Wright in the short-term
This may be the most obvious statement of the year, but the loss of David Wright hurts. The Mets are not only losing their captain, but they’ve lost one of, if not their best, bats in the line-up, his on-field leadership and his defensive play at 3rd base. There’s no tip-toing around it: This is a…
Rich MacLeod
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