Category: Op-Ed
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Travis d’Arnaud delivered from the top of the order on Wednesday
Travis d’Arnaud had hit either sixth or seventh in each of the first eight games of the season, but for the first time in his big league career, he was assigned the second spot in the batting order on Wednesday in the absence of David Wright. D’Arnaud was as deserving as any to be installed in the top of…
Michael Baron
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Jon Niese, his change-up, and the mysterious inconsistencies
Jon Niese’s first two starts on paper have looked good. He has a 1.59 ERA in 11 1/3 innings, having allowed only two earned runs and four walks. On Wednesday, Niese earned his first win of the year after allowing only a run on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.…
Michael Baron
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Eric Campbell gets his deserved roster spot, finally
It was only a matter of when the Mets would recall Eric Campbell. He was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas on April 4 as the odd man out when the Mets decided they would carry eight relievers in the bullpen and only four players on the bench. With Anthony Recker as their backup catcher, the…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey, not at his best, overcame a weird return to Citi Field
Matt Harvey waited 598 days to return to the Citi Field mound, but he didn’t expect his homecoming to turn out the way it did. “That might have been the weirdest game I’ve been a part of, maybe ever,” Harvey explained to reporters following the game. It was indeed weird. Harvey retired the first two…
Michael Baron
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Harvey Day became anything but on Tuesday at Citi Field
Tuesday evening was supposed to be all about the heroic return of Matt Harvey to the Citi Field mound for the first time in almost 600 days. It certainly started out that way. The crowd was electric, Harvey was missing bats like he always seems to and blowing the ball by yet another team he has historically…
Michael Baron
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