J.D. Davis has swung a well bat over the course of the first 34 games of the season with the best hard-hit percentage in the league among players with at least 25 batted ball events. Yet, his production has not shown results from all that hard contact. The third baseman/designated hitter had his best performance at the plate against the San Francisco Giants on Monday night, going 4-for-5 with...
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Luis Guillorme is quietly having the most productive start to a season of his career at the plate. His bat has really come around in his fifth season with the Mets, and it has started to catch more attention throughout the month of May. Guillorme is hitting 10-for-18 over his past seven games, raising his OPS from .742 to .857 during that span. He has started five games over the past week,...
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On Thursday afternoon, the New York Mets announced that Max Scherzer would be out for the next 6-8 weeks with an oblique strain. This could not come at a worse time, as Jacob deGrom and Tylor Megill were already on the injured list. With three starters now out of the rotation, the team could turn to the trade market for a starter with MLB experience. While trades in May for significant pieces...
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On Saturday night, Edwin Díaz got a chance to face his former team for the first time since he was traded from the Seattle Mariners in the 2018 offseason. The 28-year-old closer was magnificent, striking out the side in the ninth inning to help the Mets earn a 5-4 victory. Díaz opened up the inning against J.P. Crawford. He was able to get to an 0-2 count right away, throwing a 90 MPH slider and...
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A handful of Mets played a critical role in their 10-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night, giving the team their seventh straight series win to begin the 2022 season. One of those players was Dominic Smith, who was in desperate need of the four-hit night he produced. In his first plate appearance of the game, Smith singled on a fly ball to left field. Two innings later, the first...
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