Author: John Flanigan

DeGrom Inches Closer to Cy Young With Some Help from Offense

This past week Jacob deGrom’s case for the 2018 Cy Young award became even stronger, with his own performance on the mound and a little help from his offense. On Tuesday night, the Mets took on Cy Young candidate Aaron Nola. Behind a Steven Matz homer, and a Dominic Smith run run scoring double, the Mets offense held Nola to a no-decision. Then on Thursday night, the Mets offense took care of...

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Four Mets Among Baseball America’s Top 20 Eastern League Prospects

Baseball America recently released their list of the Top 20 MLB prospects in the Eastern League for 2018. In what was a rather successful 2018 season for the Mets minor leagues, the organization led all teams with four players cracking the Top 20 list. Amongst the teams representatives were slugging first baseman Peter Alonso, young top prospect INF Andres Gimenez, break out 2B Jeff McNeil, and...

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Two of Wright’s Former Managers Offer High Praise for The Captain

The Mets are set to activate David Wright on Tuesday, and he will make his final start on Saturday the 29th. With his upcoming retirement two of Wright’s former managers recently shared their thought’s on Wright and his thirteen year career. In an of episode of ‘Mets On Deck’ with Pete McCarthy of WOR, spoke with former Mets manager Jerry Manuel. Manuel told McCarthy that upon...

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Jeff McNeil Continues to Show He’s the Real Deal

Even after the Mets held him in the minors longer than necessary earlier this year, it’s safe to say rookie second baseman Jeff McNeil has all but locked up the 2019 second base job. Postgame Sunday, it seemed as though Mets manager Mickey Callaway is leaning towards that notion as well. “He gets on base, he puts the barrel on the ball. I’ve seen enough to know that he’s going to be tough...

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DeGrom Still Can’t Buy Some Support from His Teammates

Again yesterday, the Mets received a solid outing from Jacob deGrom and again they suffered a loss. It’s happened way too often this season that deGrom dominates, and the rest of the team does not show behind for him. In the Mets 5-3 loss to the Red Sox yesterday, deGrom suffered one bad inning but was able to limit the best offense in baseball to just three runs over seven innings. He...

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