Category: Michael Baron
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The Cubs weaknesses are playing right into the Mets strengths in the NLCS
By all accounts, the Cubs came into the National League Championship Series with a young, energetic, balanced and high-octane offense. They’re a wonderfully disciplined team with a 9.1 percent walk rate, second only to the Dodgers in the National League, they hit for a lot of power, and while they had the fifth best on-base…
Michael Baron
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Curtis Granderson is coming up big while doing a lot of little things in October
In the postseason, little things matter a lot, seemingly more so than during the regular season when they matter too. And Curtis Granderson continues to do a lot of little things to help both save and create runs in October for the Mets. In the first inning of Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Cubs, Granderson did what…
Michael Baron
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Noah Syndergaard gets it, and is delivering it for the Mets in dominant fashion
The Mets have won the first two games of the National League Championship Series against the Cubs. And they’ve done that all without even starting their ace. That comes on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field in Jacob deGrom. Meanwhile, the Cubs will try to avoid falling down 3-0 in this best-of-seven NLCS having thrown their two…
Michael Baron
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David Wright hasn’t hit much, but his hits have count when they’ve come
It hasn’t been an easy ride for David Wright in the playoffs so far this month. But that’s been the case for the Mets captain since April 14, when he began a most uncertain road through the 2015 season. Entering play on Sunday night, Wright was just 1-for-19 with ten strikeouts in six postseason games. Granted,…
Michael Baron
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Terry Collins pressed the right buttons with his bullpen and shutdown Game 2 on the Cubs
Throughout the entire postseason, the Mets have been depending upon two things: their starting pitching to go deep and for Jeurys Familia to bridge the gap, however long it is on a game-by-game basis. Ok, three things – Daniel Murphy belongs in that group too. But that formula can only take the Mets so far. Eventually,…
Michael Baron
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