Category: Op-Ed
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Inside the success of the Mets pitching staff…
The Mets are 17-10 through the first 27 games of the regular season, the third best mark in the National League and tied with the Yankees and Tigers for the fifth best mark in baseball. Much of their early season success is due to their pitching staff, which has arguably been the best in baseball over…
Michael Baron
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Bartolo Colon, 1C in the Mets rotation
Heading into the season, it was pretty understood the Mets had a pair of aces at the front of their rotation with Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom serving as 1A and 1B, respectively. But enter Bartolo Colon, who has unexpectedly stepped up to be 1C in this rotation. He gave the Mets another masterpiece on Tuesday night, spinning…
Michael Baron
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Wilmer Flores and his three day reboot process…
It was Control, Alt, Delete for Wilmer Flores this weekend. The beleaguered Mets shortstop had committed seven errors in his first 22 games in 2015, couldn’t convert the routine play more than most, and was taking his batting average with him in the process as he was 6-for-his-last-31 with seven strikeouts in his previous nine…
Michael Baron
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Alex Torres has met the challenge of the primary left-handed reliever
Alex Torres was a last minute acquisition for Sandy Alderson and the Mets as they had a dire need for quality left-handed relief in their bullpen. Torres wasn’t considered an ideal left-handed specialist considering his splits suggested he was more effective against right-handed hitters. He also came with a history of control problems, but also an…
Michael Baron
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Dillon Gee has done himself no harm in the last two weeks…
What a ride for Dillon Gee. Out of the rotation, in the rotation, racing for his job in the rotation, winning the job, and then racing for his job in the rotation, again. In the latest chapter of Gee’s saga of the unknown future, he turned in another solid, albeit bumpy performance, pitching into the sixth…
Michael Baron
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