Author: Chris Gaine

Despite Rough 2017, Mets Future Remains Promising

Sometimes, good teams just have bad seasons. The 2017 Mets have been a classic case of this phenomenon. After coming into the year with World Series aspirations, a loaded rotation and a solid lineup, the Mets find themselves seven games under .500 and 10.5 games out of a playoff spot almost halfway through the year. To say it’s been a disappointment would be an understatement. The...

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Could Yankees and Mets Match for Duda Trade?

Although the headline couldn’t be any more clickbaitey, a trade of this kind actually makes a good amount of sense for both teams. Let’s start out with the Mets, since this is a Mets site after all: The team isn’t making the playoffs this season. They’ve made that apparent with their last two series against the Nationals and Dodgers. They’ve fallen to 11 games out...

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Five Players The Mets Could Look To Move At The Deadline

The Mets playoff hopes are looking far more uncertain. Plain and simple. I know as a fan, you are kind of obligated to believe. But at 10.5 games out of the National League East and 12.5 out of the Wild Card, the Mets chances are just too remote to roll the dice by not selling at the deadline. Not selling in hopes of remote playoff chances has bitten the Mets in the behind before; the team held...

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Mets Have 17 Percent Chance of Selecting All-Star 20th Overall

The Mets will pick No. 20 overall in next week’s MLB Draft, and the question of who or what the team might take remains an open-ended one. General manager Sandy Alderson’s regime has taken habit of drafting position players in the first round over the last few years, as it did so every year from 2011-2015, based on the premise that the Mets would have a pitching-oriented team for...

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It’s Past Time to Bench Jose Reyes for Wilmer Flores

Wilmer Flores has been as hot as anyone in the majors this month. Since returning from the disabled list on May 3, Flores is batting .377/.403/.536 with two home runs and 12 RBI. That kind of production should earn a player a starting spot in any lineup. Except for maybe the Mets’ lineup. Flores has yet to become an everyday starter thanks to Terry Collins’ refusal to bench Jose...

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