Month: July 2014

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

It is interesting how Sandy Alderson will move forward as the trade deadline approaches. After a disastrous road trip three weeks ago that saw the team slip to double digits under .500, the Mets GM suggested that Collins and Co. could still turn it around this season, making them buyers rather than sellers. He said this team was much better than the record would indicate. (By the way, we said it...

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Vegas Odds: Mets Are 100/1 To Win The NL East

Limping through the All-Star break as a baseball fan is tough business.  We try many things to speed the time up and hope that the days off do more good for our team than bad.  Leading up to the break the Mets were playing some good ball.  I am sure I am not the only one that gets nervous that we could be on the brink of another slow start and back to the negativity.  Sometimes we stretch to...

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How Should Mets Navigate the Trade Deadline?

The Mets are in the middle of the pack in the division and the wild card race, and fans are taking sides on whether their Amazins should be buyers or sellers.  Let’s look at both sides and afterwards I will tell you why the Mets should hold on tight and not make any rash deals. The Mets Should Be Buyers: Being just seven games out of the division lead and with the wild card at a tempting...

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Demotion Helped D’Arnaud Regain Confidence and Swing

Travis d’Arnaud has had his struggles since being promoted to the big leagues in 2013, mostly from trying to live up to the pressures of playing in the big city and producing. Coming into the 2014 season, the hype grew even larger and it might have just been too much for the young rookie to bear. So on June 7, the Mets made the right choice to demote d’Arnaud to Las Vegas who was...

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At 45-50, Do The Mets Have Hope?

It’s the Wednesday after the All-Star game, and there’s no baseball, only dreaming. For the majority of teams, the ones not condemned to last place, or somewhere close to it, there is renewed hope coming out of the break, sort of a second Opening Day. The Mets created this hope for themselves with an impressive 8-2 homestand. They sit five games under .500, seven back of Atlanta and...

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