Here it is, almost two weeks from Memorial Day – you know, the unofficial point where you learn who the contenders and pretenders are – and the Mets find themselves all alone and in last place with a 16-19 record. “Losing sucks,” David Wright said after Saturday night’s loss. “We’re just not getting it done.” Gee, ya think? Wright stood there in stunned disbelief after he popped out...
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The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets by the score of 5-4 on Saturday at Citi Field. For the Mets it was their fifth straight loss and it dropped them all alone in last place in the NL East with a 16-19 record. Dillon Gee started the game and didn’t have his best stuff, but pitched good enough to win, allowing three earned runs on six hits and a walk while striking out one...
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The Mets were very quick with the excuses after they lost three of four games to the Rockies in Colorado and then getting swept by the Marlins in Miami. According to Terry Collins and David Wright, the Mets have not played well in recent years in either of those ballparks, and by the way, both teams were very hot. Additionally, the Rockies have “some great hitters” and the Marlins...
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In a critical rebuke of Sandy Alderson’s tenure with the Mets, Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes that Sandy was hired to clean up a so-called mess by his predecessor Omar Minaya and yet the team is now worse off than it ever was before. He says the best things about the current team are Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda, Juan Lagares, Dillon Gee and Jon Niese – all of whom were...
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The Mets lost their fourth straight game as the Phillies beat them 3-2 in extra-innings on Friday night at Citi Field. Jenrry Mejia started and allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four. The young righty labored from the start and a Domonic Brown RBI single in the fifth would send him to the showers after 4.2 innings. He matched his career-high 101 pitches...
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