Category: Op-Ed
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Poor defense plagued Bartolo Colon, but he did not pick his team up
It was one of those starts for Bartolo Colon that just get tossed in the trash can. Unfortunately, it’s happened quite frequently over the first half of the season. But maybe it didn’t have to be. Against an opponent in a ballpark he needed to have command of his two-seamer on the corners, Colon did not,…
Michael Baron
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Mets lacked energy in Toronto, and Terry Collins knows it
On Wednesday morning, the Mets arrived at their hotels in Toronto at around 3:30 AM after defeating the Blue Jays 3-2 just about six hours earlier in New York. The sleepy Mets showed up to Rogers Centre in the early part of the afternoon, seemingly ready to play against a Toronto offense they had successfully…
Michael Baron
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Sean Gilmartin has been tremendous, deserves more high-leverage situations…
Heading into spring training, the notion Sean Gilmartin could make the Mets, let alone have a tremendous impact on the left side of the bullpen was pretty far fetched. He was selected by the Mets in the 2014 Rule 5 draft at the conclusion of the Winter Meetings last December in San Diego, having spent four…
Michael Baron
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Collins: R.A. Dickey’s greatest value was the return in trade
Before the 2010 season, Omar Minaya signed then-journeyman R.A. Dickey to spring training and invited him to big league camp. He really didn’t stand out that spring – he made one start and one relief appearance and allowed five runs in five innings before being among the first cuts from big league camp. So Dickey went…
Michael Baron
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Jon Niese has made some strides, but the team still isn’t winning when he starts
The good news for Jon Niese is he appears to be past what was arguably the most ineffective period of his eight-year career. The bad news is, he and the team are still not winning the games he pitches in very much – they are 4-9 in games in which Niese starts in 2015, the Mets…
Michael Baron
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