Going into Thursday night, the hype around the four-game series between the New York Mets and Los Angels Dodgers was incredible. Two of the best teams in the league were set to face each other for the first time in 2022. The series certainly lived up to the excitement, with each team taking two games apiece to earn a split. The Dodgers pitching staff dominated the first two games of the series,...
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Carlos Carrasco has drastically improved in his first inning command this season. In 2021, the right-hander had a tendency of giving up a fair amount of runs to start games. Now that he is past the hamstring and elbow problems, Carrasco is back to being an effective pitcher for this Mets rotation. Last season, injuries delayed the debut of Carrasco in a Mets uniform until July 30 against the...
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Jake Mangum has been one of the best performers at the minor league level for the Mets in 2022. The 2019 fourth-round pick has made strides at the plate in the first month and a half of the season, resulting in his promotion to Triple-A Syracuse earlier this week. In just three games at Syracuse, Mangum is 8-for-12 with three doubles, a walk, and two stolen bases. That includes a four-for-five...
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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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