Category: Michael Baron
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John Mayberry Jr. had a career night, led the Mets offense on Thursday
At the Winter Meetings in December, the Mets signed John Mayberry Jr. primarily to serve as a right-handed power bat off the bench, and to play against left-handed pitching. Through the first eight weeks of the season, the team’s investment in Mayberry really hadn’t worked out. He was hitting just .137 with a .483 OPS coming into play…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey was sick of losing, so he won on Thursday night
Matt Harvey was simply sick of the trend. He had allowed 11 earned runs in his last 12 innings, three of which coming via the home run. He was 0-2 during what was arguably the most difficult stretch of his career to date. Of course, his last start looked a lot worse on paper than it…
Michael Baron
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Dillon Gee was hit hard, and his rotation spot is in question, again
Dillon Gee seemingly has no margin for error. His last start came on May 3 and was then sidelined with a strained groin muscle. Upon being disabled, the Mets decided to call up a pitcher many have viewed would ultimately replace him in the rotation anyway, Noah Syndergaard. But Gee was essentially deemed healthy after his rehab…
Michael Baron
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In uncharted territories, Ruben Tejada hit rough waters on Wednesday
Navigating in uncharted territories was bound to affect Ruben Tejada at some point. Tejada committed his first two errors at third base on Thursday night, one of which came from Derek Norris in the first inning when he bounced a ground ball to third. Tejada decided to play a tougher hop on the back hand, and the…
Michael Baron
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Bad luck and poor execution doomed Noah Syndergaard on Tuesday
Despite feeling good and sharp on Tuesday night, Noah Syndergaard endured the worst start of his very young big league career. The young fireballer allowed seven runs on ten hits only four innings of work, but did strikeout ten batters, joining Padres RHP Andrew Cashner as the only two pitchers since 1900 to fan ten or more batters in…
Michael Baron
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