I have a confession to make… When Tyler Clippard failed to get those two left-handed hitters out in the bottom of the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s game, I was sweating and pacing. Those old feelings of doom and gloom started creeping back. With the Mets up 5-1 Clippard, who is among the best in the game in getting left-handed hitters out, allowed a one-out walk to the dangerous...
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Yet another scintillating performance from Jacob deGrom on Tuesday night as the Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 5-3 at Camden Yards. Continuing to make his case for the Cy Young Award, deGrom overpowered a strong Baltimore offense allowing just one run on five hits while walking one and striking out six in 7 2/3 innings pitched. He had everything working perfectly, using his...
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Reliever Bobby Parnell is headed to the disabled list according to various reports from beat writers. Parnell is dealing “elbow fatigue” or “arm fatigue” likely as the lingering effects of Tommy John surgery, and it’s not considered a serious issue or setback. No word yet on whether this had been an ongoing issue or something that just popped up after his disastrous...
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Sandy Alderson told Mike Puma of the New York Post that any help to bolster the Mets bullpen will not come externally, but that they will look at in-house options like Vic Black. “I don’t foresee us making a trade,” Alderson said. “Black is certainly among the internal options we continue to monitor.” While Black has been pitching effectively of late, posting a 2.16 ERA in his last ten...
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So I received this email from a Mets fan – I think it was a Mets fan – asking me the following: “So are you still having fun? Is this still the most exciting season of Mets baseball you’ve experienced in years? LOL it was only a matter of time until they started falling apart. Have fun.” Don’t you just love it when you get an email like that and you hit reply...
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