Category: Op-Ed
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Steven Matz’s long and once uncertain road ends with a debut at home
Nearly five years ago, Sandy Alderson and his front office laid out a plan and a vision to rebuild the Mets centered around young, hard throwing starting pitching they would cultivate from within their organization. The first flower to bloom was Matt Harvey in late 2012. Then, a year later it was Zack Wheeler. Ten months later Jacob deGrom came…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey and the two barriers he’s breached in the first half of 2015
Matt Harvey went through the greatest trial of his career in late May and early June: he had to deal with the humbling humanity that is being a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. He had ridden the high life of mystical stardom like very few had. Even after missing a year thanks to Tommy…
Michael Baron
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Noah Syndergaard’s best came at a critical point, and he showed what he is made of
The foundation of the Mets present and future is what’s contained in their starting rotation. Even if the Mets eventually have more talent in their offense, there are going to be times the starting pitcher must produce a shutdown performance, especially at critical junctures in the regular season – like right now – and potentially…
Michael Baron
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With what lies ahead, the Mets trade deadline is much sooner than July 31
Fortunately for the Mets, their pitching is so good, they’ve somehow managed to stay at the top of the standings through 75 games of the season with an offense that sits at or near the bottom of every significant category. But it’s starting to slip out of the grasp of both the manager and front…
Michael Baron
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The ace and the All-Star that is Jacob deGrom
If there’s a consolation prize from the Mets struggles this season, it’s Jacob deGrom’s remarkable performance throughout the course of the year, showing his rookie of the year performance in 2014 was indeed no fluke. DeGrom was brilliant once again against the Brewers on Thursday afternoon, pitching eight shutout innings with seven strikeouts while allowing only four…
Michael Baron
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