Category: Michael Baron
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Dillon Gee made a, ‘stupid’ decision to Stanton, had an uneven night
Dillon Gee’s second start of the season could be summed up in one word: inconsistent. He took a no-decision on Thursday, allowing four runs on five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Gee’s final line might have looked better if not for one mistake he made to Giancarlo Stanton in the first…
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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Lucas Duda knows he belongs and continues to mature
Since the start of Spring Training, it was clear Lucas Duda was adopting a new hitting approach to better handle left-handed pitching. He needed to do something. He hit .180 against southpaws last year, and with the Mets bringing in both John Mayberry Jr. and Michael Cuddyer during the off-season, there was a legitimate reason to believe Duda…
Michael Baron
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Travis d’Arnaud delivered from the top of the order on Wednesday
Travis d’Arnaud had hit either sixth or seventh in each of the first eight games of the season, but for the first time in his big league career, he was assigned the second spot in the batting order on Wednesday in the absence of David Wright. D’Arnaud was as deserving as any to be installed in the top of…
Michael Baron
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Jon Niese, his change-up, and the mysterious inconsistencies
Jon Niese’s first two starts on paper have looked good. He has a 1.59 ERA in 11 1/3 innings, having allowed only two earned runs and four walks. On Wednesday, Niese earned his first win of the year after allowing only a run on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.…
Michael Baron
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