Category: Op-Ed

• All of this talk and swagger has a significance to these Mets

  The confidence the Mets have expressed since the off-season has been refreshing, to say the least. That talk has been a common denominator since that time, from under the palm trees in Port St. Lucie to the now closer (yet equally as windy) confines of Citi Field in Flushing. But what does it all mean?…

  Michael Baron

  April 14, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Jacob deGrom didn’t have his ‘A’ Game on Monday, but he was still great

  Monday wasn’t one of Jacob deGrom’s best days on the mound. But he showed once again even when he isn’t at his best, he can be as good as any pitcher in the league. deGrom earned his first win of the year during Monday’s home opener against the Phillies, throwing 6 1/3 shutout innings while allowing seven…

  Michael Baron

  April 14, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Wilmer Flores had a week to forget, both offensively and defensively

  Wilmer Flores would probably like to hit the reset button the start of his season right now. On Friday, Flores committed two throwing errors, all of which came on poor throws to first base. He made a couple of other poor throws which could have also resulted in errors if not for Michael Cuddyer picking him…

  Michael Baron

  April 13, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Could Jenrry Mejia have acted out of carelessness?

  

  “Selfishness.” “Ignorance.” “Lying.”  Those are three words often associated with baseball players associated with performance enhancing drugs. In the case of Jenrry Mejia, he certainly took the ignorance route upon being suspended for using stanazolol, a banned steroid in baseball, on Saturday afternoon. “I know the rules are the rules and I will accept my…

  Michael Baron

  April 13, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Dillon Gee became predictable on Saturday, and he got smoked

    When Dillon Gee uses his all of his pitches and his change-up in particular, he can be a very effective mid-rotation starter. Gee was certainly throwing his change-up for strikes on Saturday night – he threw 81.8 percent of those pitches for strikes and got the Braves to swing at it 15 times. However, of the…

  Michael Baron

  April 12, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed