Category: Op-Ed

• Injuries combined with known flaws are overexposing the Mets

  The Mets have found themselves being sobered up by a large dose of reality during the last week of baseball games. They’re 2-5 since the start of their six-game road trip at Yankee Stadium. They’ve committed nine errors during that span. The pitching staff has compiled a 4.58 ERA in those seven games. The bullpen –…

  Michael Baron

  May 1, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Jacob deGrom tried to do “too much” to pick up Wilmer Flores

  Last night, Jacob deGrom looked more like the Jacob deGrom we had been accustomed to seeing after his rough outing at Yankee Stadium last Friday. He had retired the first nine batters to face him to open Thursday’s game, and was staked to an early 2-0 lead. He was locating his fastball down in the zone,…

  Michael Baron

  May 1, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• That day the Mets “needed” Matt Harvey…

  Bumps in the road are inevitable even for good teams. That’s where Matt Harvey comes in for the Mets. The first month’s worth of #HarveyDays were fun. For the most part, they came with all the hype, glamour, and spectacle they were billed to be and what people had been waiting for for nearly 18 months. But…

  Michael Baron

  May 1, 2015

  Feature Stories, Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• The Mets are in a must-win situation this weekend

  It may be early in the season, but make no mistake, it is critical for the Mets to take this series from the Nationals this weekend. The Mets are 15-7, the best record in the National League, tied for the best record in the major leagues and have a six-game lead on the preseason World…

  Rich MacLeod

  April 30, 2015

  Op-Ed, Rich MacLeod

• Bartolo Colon, victimized by his defense, suffers his first loss of the year

  Bartolo Colon was attempting to go for his sixth consecutive win on Wednesday night and open his season 5-0, something he has never done in his long and storied career. However, it was not meant to be. Colon fell to 4-1 for the year after allowing four earned runs in 6 2/3 innings. Colon almost…

  Michael Baron

  April 30, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed