Category: Michael Baron
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The Mets are cool, confident and a different club right now
It wasn’t any of the new guys who came through for the Mets on Tuesday night against the Marlins. It wasn’t Curtis Granderson, Lucas Duda, Travis d’Arnaud, or any of the other regulars to get the big hit to help seal the Mets fifth straight win, either. For it was Eric Campbell who dunked a go-ahead RBI single over…
Michael Baron
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Jon Niese has become a key link in the Mets chain of starting pitchers
Maybe the Mets fan base need a title for when Jon Niese toes the rubber now. There’s, “Harvey Day,” “Thors Day,” and “Hair we Go” for when the three young stud pitches takes the mound at their turns in the rotation. But Niese doesn’t have a day, yet he’s been just as good as all three…
Michael Baron
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Curtis Granderson has thrived in a role he was unexpected to take on as a Met
When the Mets signed Curtis Granderson in December, 2013, the expectation was he would join David Wright as a formidable tandem of power in the middle of the Mets lineup. But Granderson struggled in his role in the middle of the lineup, primarily with an inability to hit for the power the Mets envisioned he would when…
Michael Baron
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Yoenis Cespedes’ own production is only part of the value he brings to the Mets
There are a number of reasons why Yoenis Cespedes is perhaps the most valuable mid-season acquisition the Mets have made since they traded for Mike Piazza in May, 1998. Obviously, one of those reasons is for for nights like he had on Monday in Miami, during which he slugged three doubles, scored two runs and drove in four out…
Michael Baron
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Down the stretch, the Mets need Bartolo Colon to resemble to pitcher he was on Monday
It’s not entirely clear how the Mets might utilize Bartolo Colon should they make it the the playoffs in 2015, if they do at all. He has put together a body of work this season which has led to more questions than answers as to whether or not he can be productive during that time of…
Michael Baron
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