Category: Op-Ed
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The Mets offense has been non-existent over the first week
Here are the Mets offensive statistics through the first five games of the season: .196 average (26th in MLB) .264 OBP (24th in MLB) .252 SLG (30th in MLB) 2 Home Runs (27th in MLB) 32 hits (t-23rd in MLB) 16 runs (18th in MLB, and 8 of those runs are unearned) 13 walks…
Michael Baron
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Sean Gilmartin made his big league debut, and did his job
24-year-old LHP Sean Gilmartin toiled around the Braves and Twins minor league systems since being selected by Atlanta in the first round of the 2011 first-year player draft. He joined the Twins organization before the 2014 in a trade for Ryan Doumit, and was assigned to Double-A New Britain. He spent half a year there and pitched well, earning a…
Michael Baron
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It’s been a forgettable start to the Wilmer Flores experiment
Three errors in two games. Four of five throws well of the mark on Friday night. That’s the story for Wilmer Flores as the Mets continue to see if he can be their everyday shortstop for the long haul in 2015. It’s not exactly what the Mets had envisioned in the early stages of this experiment with…
Michael Baron
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David Wright’s mistake, Rafael Montero’s pitch selection, and the extra out syndrome
Over the years, it can be counted on one hand how many times David Wright has made a mental mistake. He is one of the most fundamentally sound players in the game with tremendous baseball instincts, and he has a thorough understanding of each situation and scenario he has been faced with. But on Friday, Wright committed…
Michael Baron
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It’s #HarveyDay once again, finally…
This afternoon in Washington, Matt Harvey will make his long awaited return to the mound after undergoing Tommy John Surgery in October, 2013. It will be 593 days since Harvey last appeared in a big league game. He last pitched on August 24, 2013 against the Tigers, during which he allowed 13 hits and two runs in…
Michael Baron
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