Category: Michael Baron
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Jon Niese didn’t use his curveball, had a three-quarter arm slot on Sunday
Up until Sunday night, Jon Niese had been able to successfully navigate turbulent waters during his first three outings of the season. He had allowed 29 baserunners and only 11 strikeouts in his first 18 innings of the season, but had only allowed four of them to score during that span. On Sunday, however, luck was…
Michael Baron
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It’s been a rough start for Daniel Murphy in 2015…
Despite the Mets early season success, there has been one trouble point on the field for them, seemingly on a day-in and day-out basis. It’s the play of Daniel Murphy, and his very perplexing start to the 2015 season. Murphy is just 9-for-69 with three doubles, a home run and nine RBI to start the year.…
Michael Baron
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Eric Campbell is proving he belongs in the big leagues, again
All signs were pointing to David Wright bouncing back after a miserable 2014 campaign in which he suffered from injury and underperformance for much of the season. Wright was off to an 11-for-33 start at the plate with a homer and four RBI. He was hitting to all fields, and outside of one mental mistake was…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey and his work of art on the Bronx on Saturday
The Mets got their collective butts kicked on Friday night. That whipping ended the Mets 11-game winning streak, and could have easily sobered them up from the high a 13-3 start could create. They can thank Matt Harvey for bringing some more Kool-Aid to the ballpark on Saturday. “We needed a big game and he responded…
Michael Baron
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Kevin Plawecki was Matt Harvey’s hero on Saturday
On a day the Mets were coming off their first sobering loss of the season, the Mets needed a pick me up, especially in the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium. They got just that. But, it wasn’t all Matt Harvey’s doing. Sure, Harvey was utterly brilliant, but this is a game of eight other players on the…
Michael Baron
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