Category: Michael Baron
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Michael Conforto continues to demonstrate his big league worthiness
It appears Michael Conforto is not interested in playing under Wally Backman with the Las Vegas 51s. It’s hard to blame him. 12 days ago, after much deliberation and disagreement, the Mets took a leap of faith and called up their prized hitting prospect when they were forced to place Michael Cuddyer on the disabled list. And…
Michael Baron
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The Mets survived a very difficult month of baseball, and passed a big test
On June 30, the Mets faced a daunting 28 games through August 2. They were staring at a four-game series against the Cubs, then a west coast trip to play the Dodgers and Giants, then the high-octane Diamondbacks before the All-Star break. They opened the second half with a series against the Cardinals in St.…
Michael Baron
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The Mets are a completely different club than they were ten days ago
Remember at the beginning of the homestand, when John Mayberry Jr. was hitting cleanup and Eric Campbell was batting fifth for the Mets against the Dodgers on Thursday, July 23? What a difference a week makes. And a wild week it was. It started with the acquisitions of both Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson, and the departure of…
Michael Baron
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Noah Syndergaard, the latest big-game pitcher for the Mets
It’s easy to look at what Lucas Duda has done in the last week and make the determination he should be named the National League’s Player of the Week. He may still be the most deserving candidate, but then there’s Noah Syndergaard, who put the cherry on top of a magnificent week on Sunday night in an eight…
Michael Baron
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The reborn Mets had a magical night on Sunday, capping a magical weekend
It all happened so fast in the third inning for the Mets, it was hard to digest what was going on. It started with a walk to Kevin Plawecki, which is unusual to begin with considering Nationals RHP Jordan Zimmermann is a strike throwing machine, walking batters to the tune of 1.6 per nine innings.…
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