Category: Michael Baron
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Jon Niese’s good luck has run out on the mound
Jon Niese had been incredibly lucky over his first six starts. He had produced a 1.95 ERA and went 3-2 during that span despite allowing 54 base runners and six unearned runs in only 37 innings of work, an average of 1.46 base runners per inning. Niese had even said over those five starts that…
Michael Baron
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Daniel Murphy, the inconsistent mystery…
The first quarter of the season can be characterized in a number of different words for Mets second baseman, turned third baseman and now back to second baseman Daniel Murphy. Inconsistent is one term. Mysterious is another. Maybe it’s both: he’s an inconsistent mystery. Chalk Tuesday night’s game as another night which fits that description. …
Michael Baron
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Mets not yet committing to Noah Syndergaard in their rotation
On Sunday, Noah Syndergaard allowed only a run on three hits with five strikeouts against the Brewers to earn his first big league victory. It was his second career start – he’s 1-1 with a 3.18 ERA in 11 1/3 innings, having allowed five walks, nine hits and four earned runs with 11 strikeouts. On Monday,…
Michael Baron
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Jeurys Familia blew his first save, but didn’t pitch badly
With the Mets leading the Cardinals 1-0 in the ninth inning on Monday, Terry Collins called upon Jeurys Familia to secure a win. It stood to reason. Matt Harvey had thrown 105 pitches through eight innings, and Collins simply could not send him out there to start the ninth inning, despite his brilliance. Familia had converted his…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey showed why he’s among the best pitchers in baseball
With the Mets offense having sputtered in recent weeks and a challenging four-game series against the Cardinals ahead of them this week, the Mets needed an ace-like performance from their ace to open the showdown up. And an ace-like performance they got. Matt Harvey took the ball on Monday and shutout the Cardinals for eight innings,…
Michael Baron
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