Author: Former Writer

How to Fix the Mets Offense

The Mets can’t score runs. Despite boasting the lowest ERA in baseball over the past two weeks, wins have been hard to come by due to the league’s second worst offense during that time. With Troy Tulowitzki rumors swirling, fans are calling on management to find some offense before a 13-3 start and repeated awesome performances by the pitching staff are wasted. But, before we go too...

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Carlyle Placed On DL, Leathersich Brought Up

As expected, Mets reliever Buddy Carlyle landed on the DL after experiencing lower back and hamstring issues following Monday’s game when he last pitched. Replacing him will be lefty Jack Leathersich who was brought back from Triple-A Las Vegas. Leathersich will be available beginning in Thursday’s game. Leathersich appeared in two games for the Mets back towards the end of April....

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Bleacher Creatures Aren’t Just In New York

What is with all these night games, Cubbies? I thought it was an actual city ordinance that you can only have a certain amount of them in a week. Are the extra bleachers corralling the sound and not letting it escape into those Chicago neighborhoods? Old Kauffman Stadium, before the 200+ million dollar renovation, had no seats in the outfield between the foul poles. It made visiting outfielders...

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Collins Hoping deGrom Can Fight Through Struggles

2014 Rookie of the Year Jacob deGrom struggled again for the third time in his last four starts on Monday. From the onset, he gave up back to back homeruns to Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo in the 1st inning and although he only gave up one run the rest of the way, he really never got into a real rhythm. He’s now 3-4 with a 3.46 ERA. One reason for his struggles on Monday was his lack of...

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John Mayberry Jr. Is Batting .130 Against Lefty Pitching

The Mets signed John Mayberry in the offseason to a one year, $1.45 million contract mainly because of his success hitting against lefties. Mayberry is mainly a bench player, but manager Terry Collins has put him in the starting lineup vs opposing lefty pitchers and benches Curtis Granderson or Lucas Duda to get him in the lineup. Mayberry got off to a good start in his first game as starter,...

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