I decided to do a little research yesterday after learning Dilson Herrera was heading to the DL. Not to make any excuses because bad baseball is bad baseball anyway you slice it, and excuses are for losers, but… The number of players the Mets have lost to the major league disabled list this season is jaw-dropping. Dilson Herrera, 2B – Fractured middle finger Buddy Carlyle, P –...
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Here come the Washington Nationals… In 18 days they’ve climbed back from eight games behind the first place Mets to within a half game of the top spot. How did they do it? They’ve won 13 of their last 17 games. Next week they get their top offensive star back, Anthony Rendon, who started baseball activities on Friday. Yes, that’s right, they’ve accomplished this...
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Nobody wanted to see Wilmer Flores succeed at shortstop more than I did. I spent the majority of this offseason urging whoever would listen that we needed to see if Flores could work at shortstop before completely abandoning the idea. If it worked, the payoff would have been huge. Unfortunately, as the season nears the first-quarter pole, the realization that this experiment has been an abysmal...
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As you no doubt have noticed, centerfielder Juan Lagares is back in the lineup and batting second after missing three games with a strain near his right arm pit. Manager Terry Collins told reporters that Lagares is not totally healed but that, “Juan has to play through the discomfort.” “When Juan is hitting, he is a dangerous hitter, that’s why we liked him in the middle...
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“Oh my God, the Mets are 13-3, ten games over .500, and eight games ahead of the Nationals!” That seems so long ago now. The Mighty Mets, The Mike Barwis and Kevin Long Rejuvenated Mets, The Terry Collins Led Unstoppable Mets, The Michael Cuddyer Can Do Magic Infused Mets, The Unconventional New and Improved Bob Geren Lineup Mets, the all the superlatives you could think of Mets, are...
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