Category: Op-Ed

• Jon Niese made important progress from his struggles on Friday

  Jon Niese has arguably endured one of the worst stretches in his career, earmarked by his tendency to allow big home runs and crooked numbers from start-to-start. The timing couldn’t have been worse for Niese as the Mets had extended their rotation to six with eyes on left-handed phenom Steven Matz, who reportedly could arrive to…

  Michael Baron

  June 6, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Jon Niese has to turn it around, and it starts tonight

  It’s rather incredible to think that on May 9th, not even a full month ago, Jon Niese had a 1.95 ERA for the season. Things have gone completely gone downhill for the Mets left-hander since, as he’s allowed at least four earned runs in each of his last four starts. He was pitching with incredibly good…

  Rich MacLeod

  June 5, 2015

  Op-Ed, Rich MacLeod

• Pros and cons to Ben Zobrist, Todd Frazier, and Martin Prado for the Mets

  Daniel Murphy exited Thursday’s game in the second inning after experiencing tightness in his left quadricep. Both Daniel Muno and Wilfredo Tovar are en route to Phoenix, and one (or both) could be activated before the Mets play the second game of their four-game series against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Neither Muno or Tovar are adequate replacements…

  Michael Baron

  June 5, 2015

  Feature Stories, Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• John Mayberry Jr. had a career night, led the Mets offense on Thursday

  At the Winter Meetings in December, the Mets signed John Mayberry Jr. primarily to serve as a right-handed power bat off the bench, and to play against left-handed pitching. Through the first eight weeks of the season, the team’s investment in Mayberry really hadn’t worked out. He was hitting just .137 with a .483 OPS coming into play…

  Michael Baron

  June 5, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Matt Harvey was sick of losing, so he won on Thursday night

  Matt Harvey was simply sick of the trend. He had allowed 11 earned runs in his last 12 innings, three of which coming via the home run. He was 0-2 during what was arguably the most difficult stretch of his career to date. Of course, his last start looked a lot worse on paper than it…

  Michael Baron

  June 5, 2015

  Feature Stories, Michael Baron, Op-Ed