Author: Dilip Sridhar

Noah Syndergaard Needs to Trust His Slider Again

Noah Syndergaard has all the talent in the world. If the Mets want to compete, the right-hander needs to return to his 2016 ways. Realistically, Jacob deGrom cannot be expected to win a third straight Cy Young award. The good news for the Mets is that Syndergaard has the ability to return to that level of dominance. In 2016, when Noah was one of baseball’s best pitchers, he loved using his...

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Finding the Next Drew Pomeranz

Bullpens are one of the hardest things in baseball to construct. Relievers are so volatile that you are almost expecting someone who was elite the year prior to regress. I mean, Seth Lugo was a 34th round pick and Nick Anderson (owner of a 41.7 strikeout percentage in 2019) was independent baseball as recently as 2015. Meanwhile, Edwin Diaz saw his stats sky rocket. Safe to say, you can’t...

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MMO Free Agent Profile: Chris Martin, RHP

Chris Martin Position: RHP Bats/Throws: Right/Right Date of Birth: 6/2/1986 Traditional Stats: 1-3, 55.2 IP, 52 H, 21 ER, 5 BB, 65 K, 3.40 ERA Advanced Stats: 3.25 FIP, 30.1 K%, 2.3 BB%, 148 ERA+, 1.5 bWAR, 1.0 fWAR Martin was one of the most dominant relief pitchers from June to September last year. Martin began the year as a Ranger after struggling in Texas the year prior. Martin’s...

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Marcus Stroman Continues Rocky Beginning to Mets Career

Marcus Stroman has been very mediocre since donning the orange and blue uniform. He has now given up 14 earned runs in 24.2 innings pitched with the Mets. Stroman has walked 12 in those 24.2 innings so he has done himself no favors in the process. Stroman began the game with a 1-2-3 first inning including a strikeout of Jason Heyward. His fastball velocity more or less ranged from 90-93 in that...

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Mets Minors Recap: Dilson Herrera, Rene Rivera Lead Syracuse to Win

Syracuse (60-61) 5 ,Durham (68-53) 4 Box Score 2B Dilson Herrera: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB, .256/.336/.527 C Rene Rivera: 2-for-4, Run, HR, RBI, K, .263/.321/.514 Dilson was playing like a man who wanted to be on his next Greyhound out of Syracuse. The overall numbers are stellar but it’s unclear how much of it is due to the new baseball in the minors. Rene Rivera continues to be great....

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