What a home stand for the New York Mets and our friends at Number Fire did a nice job of chronicling how events not only changed the dynamics for the team, but also how it directly impacted their postseason odds over the course of ten days. Ten days ago, John Mayberry was batting cleanup for the Mets, Yoenis Cespedes was on the Tigers. Today, Lucas Duda was ice cold, and more importantly the...
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Hey Mets fans… Can you feel the surge? I’m talking about the power surge that we’ve seen at Citi Field this season and was at the forefront of this recent homestand capped off by three homers in Sunday’s 5-2 win over the Washington Nationals. Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda all homered in the third inning, and it was the first time the Mets have hit three...
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And if you needed further validation as to the great weekend the Mets had, here it is. Major League Baseball has announced that Mets 1B Lucas Duda and RHP Noah Syndergaard have been named Co-NL Players of the Week for July 27th-August 2nd. Jacob deGrom was the only Met to win the award this season, doing so the week of June 8. Neither Duda or Syndergaard have been named Player of the Week...
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The New York Mets have announced that outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis has been placed on the disabled list with a pinched nerve. Michael Conforto, who the Mets kept from leaving for Las Vegas just in case, will be officially reactivated and remain with the team. August 1 No surprise here, but the New York Mets announced that they have optioned outfielder Michael Conforto to Triple-A Las Vegas to...
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Before I get into the point of this post I have to tell you about something that happened to me before last night’s game. We needed to pick up a few things in the way of snacks , beverages, beer, etc. because we were having my friend and his wife over to watch the Mets. So as my girlfriend was hitting the deli counter and the snack aisle, I had the all-important responsibility of choosing...
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