The man who pitched on Wednesday night was reminiscent of the reigning 2018 NL CY Young award winner, Jacob deGrom. The Mets ace seemingly returned to form against the Reds with a gem of a performance in a 1-0 loss. DeGrom, 30, looked like the pitcher we have come to know over these past few years. Jacob tossed seven scoreless innings while allowing just three hits, walking two and striking out...
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Baseball seasons are long marathons but sometimes individual games bring important concepts to the table and last nights Met win over the Reds falls into that category. It is so easy to give credit to a team on nights when everything goes right but those games that test their resiliency can usually analyze their ability to be successful and the Amazins’ proved that on this night. It was...
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In the past few weeks, the Mets’ bullpen has experienced a ton of issues, so it begs the question: Does the team have long term issues in their pen and what is the level of concern? The short answer is that it is far too early in the season to push the panic button, but there are things to address. First of all, Edwin Diaz had his first off night, which is bound to happen to any reliever....
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The New York Mets had an even keeled week, winning a series against the Philadelphia Phillies while dropping a series to the Milwaukee Brewers. Steven Matz and Pete Alonso continue to be the early centerpieces of both the rotation and offense in the early goings of 2019 with strong weeks. Pitcher of the Week – Steven Matz Take away that one rough start in Philadelphia and Matz has been...
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Zack Wheeler bounced back from a tough second inning to receive a no decision in his start against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night at Citi Field. Wheeler breezed through the first inning before giving up two walks, two doubles, a single, and a sacrifice fly in the second, all leading to four runs. Despite this rough patch, Wheeler recovered to go six innings, giving up four runs, seven hits,...
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