Category: Michael Baron
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Jeurys Familia’s electricity showed up just at the right time
Jeurys Familia’s electricity – which had so many excited and clamoring for him to eventually transition into the team’s closer – was largely absent during spring training last month. It appeared Familia’s velocity was inconsistent at best, the life on his fastball was nonexistent, and he got battered more often than not to the tune of…
Michael Baron
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The Mets and doing the little things to win games
Just seven months ago, it seemed like it was the Mets making the mistakes, failing to execute the little things, and getting pummeled as a result by the division rival Nationals seemingly every time they met. The same can be said about 2013 as well. The Mets had lost 27 of the previous 38 match-ups…
Michael Baron
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The Mets can be a playoff team, but there’s one thing holding them back…
As I said this morning, this is a talented group of players who seem to only be getting better, more confident, and more reinforced as time goes on. This is a 95-win pitching staff to me, and if they make the playoffs, they can be extremely dangerous. Their starting rotation is as deep as anyone’s…
Michael Baron
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The hope – and the expectation – that has sprung for eternity with these Mets
“We have high expectations,’’ manager Terry Collins told Kevin Kernan of the New York Post. “A lot of it is because we basically went out and got a No. 1 pitcher — Matt Harvey — even though he’s been ours, we got a No. 1 starting pitcher. They’re hard to find.’’ This is the new…
Michael Baron
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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
Just Mets 