3 UP 1. The Starting Pitching With the Mets having Jacob deGrom going in this series, we knew the Mets were going to get at least one really good start. What we did not know was the team was going to get three. In the entire four game series, Mets starters would surrender just five earned runs in a combined 24.0 innings pitched. In his first start of the season, Seth Lugo allowed no runs over...
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Every so often from a young talented player, you see one of those games where you say that player has finally arrived. For Amed Rosario, that game, his signature game, was May 30. The previous night the Mets were once again coming off a “worst loss of the season” with another bullpen implosion knocking them back down to .500. Facing a Braves team that has had their number all...
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3 UP 1. cyGrom During the Month of May, Jacob deGrom allowed just two earned runs. TWO! In the month, he lowered his ERA to a National League best 1.52. He also leads the league in WAR (3.4). Not WAR among pitchers, that’s for the entire NL. Of course, he was just 1-0 during the month because the Mets bullpen would meltdown in the other four games he started. 2. Nimmo: Leadoff Hitter After...
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3 UP 1. Resiliency There’s a lot of negative things you can say about this Mets team, and with how they’ve been playing of late, we’ve all said them repeatedly. Through all of it, we’ve failed to notice how resilient this team is. Even with all the bullpen meltdowns, this team fights late into games. They respond to bad losses by putting up first inning runs. This series...
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The Mets released a statement regarding the fire today, as detailed by Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com. “The fire in the Jackie Robinson Rotunda this afternoon was in a contained area and extinguished by the fire suppression system prior to the arrival of the fire department. There was minimal damage which was non-structural … no one was hurt.” – Josh Finkelstein – Original...
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