In one of the more shocking rosters moves of the season, the Mets have optioned Dominic Smith to Triple-A Syracuse. Smith, who is just two seasons removed from finishing 13th in NL MVP voting, has an OPS+ of just 59 this season with no home runs and 14 runs batted in. After a rough 2021 that saw Smith only 11 home runs in 493 plate appearances, the sixth-year Met was hopeful for a bounce-back...
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For as disappointing as a series that the Mets played at the beginning of last week–losing two of three in San Francisco, including a heartbreaking 13-12 loss after a valiant comeback effort–the team got to playing perhaps its best baseball all season by week’s end. Entering the new week (following the holiday on Monday), the Mets are on a four-game winning streak, the first...
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The New York Mets have their shortstop of the future. And now, Francisco Lindor is really showing why he was a four-time All-Star with Cleveland. On paper, Lindor’s full-season 2022 numbers don’t stand out too much. He’s batting .260/.352/.459 with eight home runs and 37 runs batted in over 48 games. But since the calendar flipped to May, Lindor has shown the Mets why they paid...
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Headed home after a 3-3 road trip to Denver and San Francisco, the Mets return to Citi Field on their first “losing streak” since April 10-11, when the club dropped consecutive games against Washington and Philadelphia. Now, it’s important to note that “losing streak” is in quotations because the Mets have not dropped three consecutive games all season. In fact,...
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The latest of additions to the Mets bullpen is not a name talent evaluators mentioned often in recent years. Colin Holderman – a 2016 ninth round draft pick out of an Illinois junior college – only finds himself in Queens after a slew of injuries have hampered the Mets bullpen. With Trevor May and Sean Reid-Foley both on the 60-day injured list, the Mets called up Holderman from...
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