Month: April 2012

Game Preview: Mets @ Braves

Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada – SS Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Ike Davis – 1B Jason Bay – LF Lucas Duda – RF Josh Thole – C Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF Dillon Gee – RHP The Mets travel down to Atlanta tonight to take on the Braves for the second time this year. In the first meeting this year, the Mets took all three games on their way to their quick start to the season. Recently, the...

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Dickey Is Closing In On A Quality Achievement

Shhh.  Don’t tell anyone.  But R.A. Dickey is quietly approaching a few Mets greats in the team’s record books. With last night’s 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, R.A. Dickey recorded his 14th consecutive quality start (minimum of six innings pitched with no more than three earned runs allowed), dating back to last year.  It is currently the longest such streak in...

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Consider Me One Happy Fan

I personally view myself as one of the most optimistic Mets fans around. I am fully admitting to that as a disclaimer to this article. Hell, I even had the Mets pegged for a minimum of 85 wins last year and I truly believed in would happen. But even I was was beginning to lose some of my optimism going into this season and I couldn’t really find many scenarios where the Mets finished...

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Ike Homers, But Phillies Avoid The Sweep With 8-2 Win Over Mets

Ike Davis got the Mets off to a quick start with this two run shot in the first inning off Cole Hamels to put the Mets up 2-0 over the Phillies this afternoon at CBP. But that would be all the scoring in the game for the Mets as they fell to Phillies 8-2 Mike Pelfrey started and tossed six innings while working himself in and out of trouble. Luckily, he allowed just one run after allowing eight...

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2012 MLB Draft: Updated Mock, Stephen Piscotty, Mark Appel

MLB Draft Insider posted their latest mock and this time they have a new name for Mets fans to consider. Check it out: You can see the rest of their mock here. MLB Draft Guide has the following scouting report on Piscotty: Player:  Stephen Piscotty Position:  3B School:  Stanford Date of Birth:  1/14/1991 Height/Weight:  6’3/195 Bats/Throws:  R/R Stephen Piscotty is one of the better pure...

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