The New York Mets may be falling apart as a team overall, but at least their ace seems to be back on track…right? After a year of domination during his 2018 National League Cy Young campaign, Jacob deGrom endured a rough start to 2019. Upon waking up on May 1st, the Mets’ ace owned a 37.7% strikeout rate and 8.8% walk rate through 26 innings, which was stellar. What wasn’t as...
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Pete Alonso hit a home run against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. That in itself isn’t all that surprising since the rookie first baseman has already done that a bunch of times this season. However, it was significant because that was his 27th dinger, which passes Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record for rookies. Oh yeah, and it’s still June. He’s not the only homegrown...
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An awful season just continues to get worse for Jeurys Familia. Just when you think his terrible on-field performance would be enough (7.81 ERA and -0.5 fWAR in 27.2 innings), he’s now on the Injured List once again. This time, it’s because of a Bennett lesion in his shoulder, which doesn’t sound fun. While Familia has been struggling mightily for most of the season, it’s...
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New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen was outwardly confident about the roster he overhauled heading into this current season. Being confident is never a bad thing, but it’s hard to think about with the All-Star fast approaching and his squad currently struggling through a crucial stretch of games. Sunday’s loss against the St. Louis Cardinals was their third in four games...
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Jason Vargas just put together his third consecutive quality start, with his most recent outing against the New York Yankees in the Bronx. And even though his 2019 season didn’t get off to the best of starts, he’s rebounded in a big enough way where those struggles have been completely erased from his season-long statistics. What a time to be alive, you guys. Through 51.1 innings,...
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