Category: Michael Baron
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For now, Wilmer Flores is low on the list of problems for the Mets
The Mets unquestionably have a laundry list of problems before them as they pick up the pieces of a 12-18 run since they started their season 13-3. But for now anyway, Wilmer Flores isn’t one of them. As the club’s offense has stumbled, Flores has managed to right his ship at the plate to become…
Michael Baron
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The ugliness for Jon Niese only seems to continue…
The last three starts have been nothing short of ugly for Jon Niese. He is 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA over his last three starts. He has allowed 24 hits, 16 earned runs, and 30 total baserunners in only 16 innings during that span. The funny part is, the high number of baserunners has been a…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey is healthy, just threw a clunker on Saturday
It was a bad day for the worst #HarveyDay the Mets have ever had. Coming into Saturday’s game, the Mets had lost three of their last four games and had gone 9-11 in May. So, the Mets needed their ace to stabilize things and provide calm for the stumbling Mets, who had received word David Wright…
Michael Baron
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Thanks to more misplays and mistakes, Noah Syndergaard deserved better on Friday
The story for the Mets pitching staff has boiled down to two themes so far this season: poor run support and bad luck due to mistakes behind them. That has meant that unless the starting pitching was anything but perfect, the chance of the starting pitcher earning a victory is very small. It was no…
Michael Baron
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17 years ago today, the Mets acquired Mike Piazza…
The Mets acquired Mike Piazza from the Florida Marlins for Preston Wilson and minor leaguers Ed Yarnall and Geoff Goetz on May 22, 1998, 17 years ago this afternoon. Wow. I can’t believe it’s been that long. I remember when the news broke. I was on a bus heading to our varsity baseball game against Hastings High School, I believe. The bus…
Michael Baron
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