Category: Feature Stories
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The Mets defense has been, and will be a primary concern in 2015
Much like it was in the 1980’s, this is an era of baseball becoming defined by three specific areas in the game. Pitching, defense, and speed. The Mets certainly have the pitching. And the additions of Michael Cuddyer, John Mayberry Jr., and both Jerry Blevins and Alex Torres gives the Mets much needed credibility offensively as well as a more solidified…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey believes media portrayal of him is inaccurate
Since Matt Harvey burst onto the scene in the summer of 2012, all eyes have been on every move he makes. During that early time, Harvey has risen to stardom with his incredible early-career performance on the mound and lived a very public lifestyle in the process. Harvey has become a celebrity of sorts very early in…
Michael Baron
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Wilmer Flores, his confidence, and his improving defense
For years it seems, the Mets have questioned Wilmer Flores’ ability to play shortstop competently at the Major League level, so much they began to move him away from the position in 2011, and was a full-time second baseman in the Mets minor leagues by the 2012 season. But with no other option emerging in their organization…
Michael Baron
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Monday’s trades help back up Mets’ loud offseason words
Actions speak louder than words, and the Mets have talked an awful lot this spring. Throughout spring training, there’s clearly a new attitude and raised expectations with this team, a lot of which have eminated from the coaching staff and players. They’ve even gone as far as to mention – that’s right – the postseason. To…
Rich MacLeod
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Lucas Duda’s new approach against lefties is working, so far…
Seemingly every last person in the industry always warns never to take individual results from March or September too seriously in baseball. Games don’t count and the conditions aren’t the same in March, and there are stage-frightened pitchers on the mound and hitters at the plate when rosters expand in September. In large measure that’s fairly accurate, but in certain…
Michael Baron
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