After losing three straight games — two of which coming at the hands of the division rival Braves — the Mets picked up a huge win Thursday night. Pete Alonso went 5-for-5 with a home run and six runs driven in, tying the record for most home runs by a National League rookie (39 HR — 2017 Cody Bellinger). Perhaps even more impressive, Amed Rosario went 5-for-6 with three...
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36. That’s the humiliating number of saves the Mets are on pace to blow this season. No team has ever blown more than 34 saves in a single season dating back to 2002, the year FanGraphs started compiling blown saves data. Of the nine teams to blow 30 saves or more, only one of them qualified for the postseason (the 2016 San Francisco Giants, who blew 30 saves, made it the playoffs through...
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After a 7-1 homestand against the Tigers and Nationals, the Mets failed to live up to expectations on their 2-5 road swing against the Dodgers and Diamondbacks. The Mets’ bullpen continued to struggle mightily, as Edwin Diaz blew a three-run lead in Los Angeles and Jeurys Familia and Robert Gsellman blew a four-run lead in Arizona on Saturday. Adding to the Mets’ problems, Dominic Smith...
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