Category: Op-Ed
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Jacob deGrom’s start on Wednesday cemented his place as the team’s ace
One of the jobs of a team’s ace is to deliver key wins when the team is in need of one, whether it’s to stop the bleeding of a losing streak, beat a tough team under adverse conditions, or be a difference maker to win a series. Jacob deGrom has been all three this season, specifically…
Michael Baron
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For one day, Eric Campbell was able contribute towards winning
There’s an old saying: even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. In Wednesday’s case, it found some cans of soup. On Wednesday afternoon, Eric Campbell arrived at the ballpark only to learn he would be playing left field as an injury replacement to Michael Cuddyer, who aggravating his left knee on…
Michael Baron
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It was vintage Bartolo Colon on Tuesday, which wasn’t good enough
For the most part in 2015, Bartolo Colon has lived and died with his two-seam fastball. More often than not for the last two months, he’s run into trouble with that pitch simply because it was catching too much of the plate. As such, the opposition posted an .815 OPS against Colon between April 29 and…
Michael Baron
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Demoting Logan Verrett was not the wisest baseball move for the Mets
Logan Verrett’s 2015 season took yet another twist on Tuesday when the Mets optioned him back to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room for Jenrry Mejia. But this twist in Verrett’s season isn’t the result of poor performance. After all, Verrett has allowed one run in 12 1/3 innings since being promoted to the Mets in…
Michael Baron
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Jenrry Mejia is not sorry publicly for what he did, and just wants to move on
Over their first 84 games of the season, the Mets somehow put together a bullpen that compiled a 2.79 ERA, the fifth best in the sport. They did that despite injuries to Josh Edgin, Buddy Carlyle, Vic Black, Jerry Blevins, Erik Goeddel, Rafael Montero, and at least partially because of an injury to their originally projected closer, Jenrry…
Michael Baron
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