Category: Op-Ed

• Lucas Duda is utterly lost at the plate right now

  The miracle experiment that was Lucas Duda for the better part of 14 months has taken a rather dramatic turn south over the last five weeks, and is a huge reason for the Mets deep and dark malaise at the plate. Duda is 17-for-his-last-102 at the plate. He has five extra-base hits, one of which is…

  Michael Baron

  July 3, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Like it or not, the Mets have to live with Daniel Murphy’s mistakes

  In Thursday’s loss to the Cubs, we saw another pair of mistakes from Mets–now third baseman–Daniel Murphy. After getting a two-out hit in the bottom of the 1st, Murphy was inexplicably picked off of first base on a snap throw by Cubs catcher Miguel Montero, ending the inning and extending the Mets scoreless innings streak.…

  Rich MacLeod

  July 3, 2015

  Op-Ed, Rich MacLeod

• Jacob deGrom didn’t have it on Thursday, and he knew it in the bullpen

  Things had been going so well for Jacob deGrom over the last month, it almost seemed impossible even a mediocre start could be had during the young pitcher’s remarkable run. He had allowed just eight earned runs in 58 2/3 innings in his last eight starts, one of only a few highlights on a Mets team…

  Michael Baron

  July 3, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Terry Collins to his 2015 Mets: Lighten up!

  It was a mostly gray Thursday at Citi Field, which describes both the weather and the quality of play on display in the Mets uninspired – and rather uninterested – looking play during their 6-1 loss to the Cubs. “I can’t sit here and tell you we bludgeoned them,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said after…

  Michael Baron

  July 3, 2015

  Feature Stories, Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Rich MacLeod: I was wrong about the Mets

  It was supposed to be different. I came into this Mets season more optimistic than ever. The team had made moves to upgrade with the signing of Michael Cuddyer and trades for left-handed relievers Alex Torres and Jerry Blevins. They weren’t moves that blew me away, but they filled needs and they were aggressive, win-now moves–something along the likes that…

  Rich MacLeod

  July 3, 2015

  Feature Stories, Op-Ed, Rich MacLeod