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Bartolo Colon, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, Jon Niese and their roles in the playoffs
With the playoffs approaching and the club appearing well on their way towards reaching the tournament, the Mets are beginning to outline their plans for their pitching staff come October. And while most of those plans still seem very much open for discussion, it seems likely Bartolo Colon, could find himself merely an onlooker if the Mets…
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Mets planning for September call ups, not including Josh Smoker
The Mets have begun to plan for roster expansion on September 1. Typically, contending clubs call up players they believe can help them in a pennant race, which limits the number of call ups more often than not. As such, Sandy Alderson said on Wednesday night among those they’re likely to initially promote include Kevin Plawecki,…
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Takeaways from the Mets 9-4 win against the Phillies…
The Mets defeated the Phillies for a third straight day, this time by the score of 9-4 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Here are my takeaways from the win… Bart comes up big. In arguably his best performance in months, Bartolo Colon came up big for the Mets in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Colon has struggled mightily since May,…
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Could Noah Syndergaard find himself in the bullpen, if the Mets qualify for the playoffs?
At various points during the last year, the Mets have volleyed the idea of transitioning Noah Syndergaard out of the rotation and into a late-inning reliever. The belief was Syndergaard’s upper-90s fastball and upper-80s breaking pitches would play well in an eighth inning role, as his swing-and-miss stuff could provide some badly needed shutdown innings late in…
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Juan Uribe has begun taking ground balls at first base
Juan Uribe has played in a total four games at first base in his 15-year big league career, having started only one of them. Because of his inexperience, Uribe has said previously he isn’t comfortable playing there in a meaningful game down the stretch this season. None the less, Uribe was taking ground balls at…
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