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Neil Walker’s Recent Success Against Lefties Aided By Subtraction Of Toe Tap

Neil Walker, the New York Mets second baseman had struggled against lefties the majority of his career. He had hit only .237 with no homers in 93 at-bats with his former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates last season. So far this year, Walker is off to a 5-for-9 start against left-handed pitching. In last night’s 6-5 win against the Cleveland Indians, Walker went yard for his first homer as a...

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Week Two Review of the Mets Pitching Staff

A review of the latest turn through the Mets’ starting rotation: Name Innings Hits Runs (Earned Runs) Strikeouts Walks ERA (Season) WHIP (Season) Matt Harvey (0-2) 6.0 6 3(3) 3 2 4.63 1.543 Steven Matz (0-1) 1.2 6 7(7) 1 2 37.80 4.80 Noah Syndergaard (1-0) 7.0 7 1(1) 12 1 0.69 0.92 Logan Verrett (0-0) 6.0 3 0(0) 6 2 1.29 1.00 Bartolo Colon (1-1) 5.1 8 2(2) 5 1 2.13 1.18 Best Start: Noah...

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MMO Game Recap: Offense Comes Alive In Mets’ 6-5 Win Over Indians

The New York Mets (4-5) defeated the Cleveland Indians (4-4) by a score of 6-5 in the first game of their series on Jackie Robinson day. Pitching: Bartolo Colon (1-1, 2.13 ERA) did not have his best stuff on the night but still was able to provide 5.1 innings of decent pitching to pick up his first win of the season. Big Sexy did his job as he allowed just two runs on eight hits. He struck out...

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Kevin Long Knows The Mets Will Break Out Of Slump

Kevin Long, in his second year as hitting coach for the New York Mets, is met with the early daunting task of breaking this team out of their offensive woes. The offense has sputtered out of the gate to a major league worst in average (.194), slugging (.250) and OPS (.535). Long though, who has been around for 10 years, is not concerned. “I’ve seen all sorts of stuff happen,” said Long, in his...

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Sandy Alderson Backs Terry Collins’ All-In Strategy

Sandy Alderson, the Mets GM and creator of the term “Panic Citi,” agreed with how Terry Collins managed Wedensday’s 2-1 win over the Miami Marlins. Collins who previously stated he was “managing like it was the seventh game of the World Series,” made some interesting moves in the Mets third win of the season. Jim Henderson was called upon to pitch a day after he had...

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