Category: Michael Baron

• The strangeness of Lucas Duda’s season may lead to a difficult decision

  

  The strangeness of Lucas Duda’s season has only continued with each passing day. In looking at his overall line, one might consider Duda to be a consistent power threat capable of complementing any big league lineup. After all, he has a .455 slugging percentage to go along with a .344 on-base percentage thanks to his…

  Michael Baron

  September 23, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Tyler Clippard’s slump is coming at the right time for the Mets…

  When Tyler Clippard first arrived to the Mets, he had created the sturdy bridge to Jeurys Familia the Mets badly needed in the back end of the bullpen. He was outings over his first five weeks with the Mets were more or less automatic. He had allowed ten hits six walks and only one earned run in 19 2/3…

  Michael Baron

  September 23, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Terry Collins is making his best effort to filter out the noise and distractions, and is succeeding

  Only in Flushing can a six-game lead in the division with 13 games to go stumble upon negativity and tension. Yes, the New York Mets continue to stumble upon controversy and distraction as they close in on their first division crown in nine years, attempting to officially start a new chapter in their history and…

  Michael Baron

  September 22, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• While the ghosts of 2007 and 2008 haunt Mets fans, Sandy Alderson remains unconcerned

  The failures from the 2007 and 2008 season continually haunt the Mets fan base. And even if the Mets clinch the National League East seven and eight years later as they are expected to do, those ghosts may never go away. After all, those seasons left a very deep wound. But Mets GM Sandy Alderson…

  Michael Baron

  September 22, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Winning is the cure-all, and Jon Niese provided that elixir on Monday

  Winning is the cure-all. The Mets know that. The fans know that. When the team wins, all that was bad is suddenly purged. Temporarily at least, in this case anyway. And that’s what the Mets did on Monday against the now lowly Braves on a cool and somewhat serene night at Citi Field, which was…

  Michael Baron

  September 22, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed