Category: Op-Ed

• Dillon Gee can return from the DL on Tuesday, but unlikely

  Dillon Gee strained his groin muscle during a start against the Nationals on May 3. He was preparing to make his next start on May 9, but was shutdown and placed on the disabled list, retroactive to May 4. Gee has departed for the team’s minor league complex in Port St. Lucie, Florida to begin…

  Michael Baron

  May 16, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Terry Collins is concerned mistakes are getting to Wilmer Flores

  Things just aren’t getting any sunnier for Wilmer Flores at shortstop. During Friday night’s 7-0 loss to the Brewers, Flores committed his ninth error of the season and second in as many games on a throw wide of first base on a groundball by Hector Gomez in the third inning. That error was immediately followed by RBI doubles by Carlos…

  Michael Baron

  May 16, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• The Mets have to change the ending

  The Mets have lost four straight games–in lackluster fashion–and are just 5-7 in the month of May. A 5-7 stretch isn’t exactly something to go crazy about, but it’s especially frustrating when in that time the Mets as a team have a 2.44 ERA, which ranks 1st in the majors and isn’t even really close–the…

  Rich MacLeod

  May 15, 2015

  Op-Ed, Rich MacLeod

• Kirk Nieuwenhuis, John Mayberry Jr. have not done their jobs yet

  Coming into the regular season, it was perceived that Kirk Nieuwenhuis and John Mayberry Jr. would serve as quality depth off the bench. It actually stood to reason. Last year, Nieuwenhuis went 8-for-28 with five doubles as a pinch hitter, hitting .259 with an .828 OPS in 130 plate appearances spread across 61 games. Mayberry was even better…

  Michael Baron

  May 15, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• How much longer can the Mets afford to run Wilmer Flores out there?

  The Mets are 35 games into their schedule, having dropped 12 of their last 19 games after starting the season with an unworldly 13-3 record. The team hasn’t hit very much, the injuries only seem to rise every day, and lately nobody has played particularly well at all on either side of the ball. But…

  Michael Baron

  May 15, 2015

  Feature Stories, Michael Baron, Op-Ed