It was too much to reasonably ask of Jonah Tong to be a savior. Nolan McLean’s start has been extraordinary to watch, but most pitchers don’t just come up and dominate right away — even if they were mowing through the minor leagues. As the Mets’ losing streak hit seven on Friday, Tong looked like he perhaps wasn’t quite ready for the big leagues. This series could have...
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For most of this season, batting Mark Vientos cleanup would have been viewed as a liability. It might have even elicited eye rolls from Mets fans. The Vientos of last year didn’t show up for the better part of four months. But over the last month-plus, Vientos has transformed back into that dynamic presence in the lineup. He continued that Friday night with a 2-for-4, two-RBI performance,...
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The screen cuts from black to show Francisco Lindor, riding in the back seat of a car, wearing a black leather jacket. “Baseball’s always been kind of my coping mechanism,” he declares. What follows is 45 minutes detailing Lindor’s ascent — from his humble beginnings in Puerto Rico, to his early days with Cleveland, to becoming the superstar now beloved in New York. MLB...
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Trying to follow up an impressive sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets didn’t play their crispest ball on Thursday. It ended up costing them in a sluggish 7-4 loss to the Marlins. The Mets made three errors, resulting in five unearned runs. Clay Holmes turned in an okay five innings, but it was his error that helped put the Mets behind in the third inning. The Marlins had just tied...
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Mets fans can take a deep breath: A starter not named David Peterson has made it through six innings. In Friday’s series opener against the Braves, Nolan McLean became the first since Clay Holmes on June 7 to accomplish such a feat. Not only did it end an embarrassing streak for the Mets, but it gave them all the more assurance that perhaps McLean is here to stay. “At this point, I...
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