Category: Op-Ed
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What is the identity of the 2015 Mets?
The Mets are 40 percent through their regular season schedule, having won 36 of their first 66 games with 96 games remaining. But since they started their season 13-3, the club has gone 23-27 in 50 games since. The Mets are obviously not an .812 team, but they’re probably not a .460 team, either. The…
Michael Baron
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After a slow start, Darrell Ceciliani is solidifying the Mets bench
Darrell Ceciliani seemed destined to play a full season with Triple-A Las Vegas at the beginning of the year. But when Kirk Nieuwenhuis helped defined the club’s inept bench with his 3-for-38 start, the Mets called upon Ceciliani to replace Nieuwenhuis as the primary bat off the bench from the left side. Things weren’t rosy for Ceciliani…
Michael Baron
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Bobby Parnell returned to a familiar role on Tuesday, and truly earned a save
It had been nearly two years since Bobby Parnell recorded a save, the last one coming on July 30, 2013 against the Marlins at Marlins Park. Since then, Parnell has dealt with a surgically repaired disc in his neck, a 14 month recovery process from Tommy John Surgery, and the potential to reinvent himself as part…
Michael Baron
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Matt Harvey’s fire returned on Tuesday night…
Matt Harvey was in the midst of the greatest mound test of his brilliant young career. He had a 7.20 ERA in his last four starts and had allowed eight home runs during that span. “Terrible,” was the word he used on several occasions after his start last Thursday against the Giants. After that start,…
Michael Baron
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The Mets need to figure out the eighth inning, and find a reliever
Markdown Wednesday’s unavailable reliever: Bobby Parnell. He was asked to record a five out save, and truly save the Mets from a heartbreaking loss on Tuesday night when he inherited a bases loaded, one out jam in the eighth inning. He did allow two inherited runners to score, but it could have and should have been…
Michael Baron
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