Author: Mitch Petanick

Featured Post: 2019 Will Be Noah Syndergaard’s Year

The Mets are blessed when it comes to power pitchers. In their stable, they currently house three starting pitchers who all top out over 95mph with their fastballs—Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, and Noah Syndergaard. Degrom is coming off a Cy Young and one of the greatest pitching performances ever by a Mets pitcher in 2018, but Syndergaard may be the most intriguing of the bunch. Prior to 2018, if...

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The Key to Jacob DeGrom’s Success: The Slider

Jacob deGrom had a season for the ages in 2018. Even Mets fans, who had grown accustomed to seeing his performances over the past few years, will agree that there was something extra out there last season. What transformed him from a solid ace into a dominant Cy Young award winner? Was there something he was doing differently in 2018 that got him to the next level? And if there was, can he...

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Will Brandon Nimmo Crack MLB Network’s #TOP10RIGHTNOW?

The MLB Network started their Top Ten Right Now series last weekend, kicking it off with their second and third base rankings. Two of the new Mets acquisitions were ranked in the top five second baseman with Jed Lowrie and Robinson Cano both making the list. This weekend, the show will tackle right fielders where the Mets should have another representative cracking the top ten. Right field...

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Chili Davis Favors Contact Approach

I posted a piece here on MMO earlier today explaining how the quality of a player’s contact (launch angles and exit velocity) was more important than just contact alone. No sooner did Mike Puma report in the NY Post that Mets hitting coach, Chili Davis, will bring more of an old school approach which focuses on situational hitting, making contact and taking advantage of pitcher’s...

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Can Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil Repeat Their 2018 Campaign?

I don’t have to rattle off many stats to show that the Mets didn’t have a good offense in 2018. The team scored 676 runs, and the league average was 721 runs scored. The more runs you score, the more wins you should have—hence, the Red Sox led the league in runs scored (876) and they also won the World Series. It may not work out as perfectly as it did in 2018 when the league leader in runs wins...

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