The 2021 New York Mets season came to a close on Sunday afternoon with a 5-0 shutout loss to the Braves, closing the pages on one of the more disappointing seasons in recent memory. With neither team having anything of substance to play for in this series, the game results didn’t really mean much. Even so, the Mets still managed to lose another series, part of a second-half collapse from...
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Player Data: Age: 33 (6/19/1988), B/T: L/R Primary Stats: 15 G, 92 IP, 7-2 W/L record, 1.08 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 146 K, 13.27 SO/BB .364 BA (as batter in 33 PA) Advanced Stats: 4.3 bWAR, 372 ERA+, 1.23 FIP, 3.0 WPA 2021 salary: $33.5 million Grade: A+ 2021 Review Jacob deGrom entered the 2021 season with sky-high expectations. Over the previous three seasons, which spanned 76 starts, deGrom had...
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Although the 2021 Major League Baseball regular season concludes on Sunday evening, one of the biggest offseason moves for the Mets is only just beginning to take shape. According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the Mets will “soon” reach out to Theo Epstein about the team’s president of baseball operations role. Outside of improving the actual roster, adding a proven, well-known...
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6 months later. 64 players later. 76 wins and 83 losses later, the New York Mets will wrap up a rather disappointing 2021 season with a three game series in Atlanta. While both teams don’t necessarily have anything to play for here other than finishing out the schedule, the Braves will be playing past their weekend. On Wednesday, Atlanta clinched the NL East Division crown for the fourth...
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Taijuan Walker entered Wednesday night’s start with a 7.74 ERA since the All-Star break. His regression since being named to his first NL All-Star team has been well documented. For the Mets, this fall has been at the center of their second-half slide. For Walker, one can only imagine the frustration that he has gone through over these past two months. Since July 18, the Mets had gone 2-10...
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