Category: Op-Ed

• Data suggests Mets starting pitchers must trust what makes them great – the fastball

  The first two games of the World Series just haven’t worked out for the New York Mets whatsoever. The Royals strength with their aggressive, fastball-hitting and rich-with-contact offense has crippled the Mets strength of power-armed strike throwers in the first two games of the series. Or has it? Certainly, the Royals are known for being…

  Michael Baron

  October 29, 2015

  Feature Stories, Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• Strat-O-Matic’s World Series prediction is going as expected, which may be good news for the Mets…

  Things have not gone as planned for the New York Mets so far in the World Series, as the Metropolitans trail the Royals 2-0 after the series’ first two games in Kansas City. By all accounts, nothing has gone right for the Mets in these first two games, as their starting pitching, offense, defense and…

  Rich MacLeod

  October 29, 2015

  Postseason, Rich MacLeod, World Series

• The Mets aren’t hitting much in the World Series, or in the postseason for that matter

  Two hits, both from Lucas Duda. That was the sum total of the Mets offensive output in Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday night, during which the Mets played a close game for the first five innings only to see the Royals runaway with the game beginning in the fifth inning, to which the…

  Michael Baron

  October 29, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• An attempt to make sense of the Mets pitching issues in the World Series

  One of the things that made the Mets starting pitching so successful in 2015 – specifically their young starters in Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard – is their ability to power their way through a lineup by throwing one strike after the next with their 95+ mph fastballs. Now suddenly in the World Series,…

  Michael Baron

  October 29, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed, Postseason, World Series

• Jeurys Familia quick pitched last night, and Alex Gordon was ready for it

  If you’ve watched Jeurys Familia at all this season, you know that the quick pitch is a major part of his arsenal. Not only does Familia bring a sizzling sinker, devastating split-finger and tight slider to the table, but with the quick pitch, it also adds the element of surprise when he’s facing hitters. Last night in…

  Rich MacLeod

  October 28, 2015

  Op-Ed, Postseason, Rich MacLeod, World Series