I can’t vouch for the veracity of this, but on Sunday night I heard that the Mets have played 22 different series so far this season, and somehow they’ve managed to avoid facing the opposing team’s ace pitcher in 16 of those series. If that’s true, I guess things could be somewhat worse than they are right now. But who knows? It does appear we’ll miss Cardinals ace...
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UPDATE – Great news! Joe made it through the procedure and is recuperating. Word from the DeCaro family is that he’s well and should be around in the next few days. I’m sure Joe would be/is moved by the flood of well wishes. Thanks to all of you for your continued readership and for making this the #1 Mets fan site in the world. Hello Everyone, If you’re...
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Sandy Alderson gave his manager Terry Collins yet another vote of confidence on Tuesday, despite the team being on course for their sixth losing season in a row. The Mets are currently on pace for a 73 win season – or in other words the lowest win total since 2009 and before that 2004. Here is Sandy Alderson telling everyone that Collins is safe when in fact nobody should be safe under...
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So here we are more than a third of the way into the season and sitting at seven games under .500 with 99 left to play. Here we are coming off of a disastrous road trip that began with so much hope but ended with a season-high six game losing streak. Here we are heading back home where the Mets play their worst baseball. Home, where the Mets are batting an MLB worst .228. After five straight...
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Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reminds us that the player to be named later in the Ike Davis trade with the Pirates will not be announced immediately after the draft. The PTBNL cannot be announced until a year after he signed his first pro contract, not a year after he was drafted. If it does turn out to be Connecticut prep right-hander Neil Kozikowski, which has been widely speculated, he signed...
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