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As we’ve reached the All-Star break, the Mets sit at 47-42–two games back of the Nationals for first place in the NL East and one game back of the Cubs for the second Wild Card spot. It’s rather incredible to think about where the Mets are right now in the standings considering what’s gone on…
Rich MacLeod
The Mets have navigated to a 47-42 record heading into the All-Star break. Somehow. They’ve done it with a slew of injuries, a makeshift bullpen, an unbalanced roster for most of the season, a roster which has been missing key components, and minor leaguers manning starting positions everyday at the big league level. They’ve done…
Michael Baron
Jon Niese has had a topsy-turvy first half of the 2015 baseball season. Just over a month ago, Niese witnessed his ERA rise to 4.43 for the year and his record sink to 3-6, watching his value decrease, both in the industry and to the club itself. He suddenly became the subject of trade rumors and…
Michael Baron
The beauty of the game of baseball is that everyday brings the chance to see something that has never happened before. And on Sunday, Kirk Nieuwenhuis did something about as unexpected as anyone could have imagined and remarkably historical – in a positive way – at the same time. It was just a week earlier Nieuwenhuis found…
Michael Baron
It had been 9 1/2 months since Jenrry Mejia pitched in a big league game. During that time, he had seen his closer job vaporized and handed to his close friend Jeurys Familia, who literally has taken the ball and ran with the job to 27 saves through the first 89 games of the season. It was all his…
Michael Baron
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