Around 6:00 P.M. on September 18, 2019, it seemed like it was time to call it. The Mets team was about to lose two out of three to the Colorado Rockies to drop 4.5 games out of the Wild Card with 10 games remaining in the season. While this Mets team has come back a number of times after being left for dead, potentially being down five games with 10 games remaining in the season was far too tall...
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3 UP 1. Stro Show As Steven Matz will tell you, Marcus Stroman raises his game when [Ward] Melville is on the other side. We saw exactly that happen when Stroman had his best start in a Mets uniform. In fact, when you consider the start was in Coors Field and what was on the line, this was probably Stroman’s best start of the season. Over seven dominant innings, Stroman shut down the...
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With the San Francisco Giants 11-3 win over the Boston Red Sox, Bruce Bochy has won his 2,000th game as a manager. He has become the 11th manager to accomplish that feat. He joins Connie Mack and Bucky Harris as the only managers to reach this plateau with a sub .500 record. It should be noted the previous 10 managers to accomplish that feat have all been inducted in the Hall of Fame. That...
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The New York Mets have traded a wealth of minor league talent since Brodie Van Wagenen has taken over as the General Manager. Even with all the prospects which have been traded away, in their final ratings of the 2019 season, MLB Pipeline has ranked three Mets prospects among their top 100. The highest-rated was SS Ronny Mauricio. In rating him the 81st best prospect in baseball, MLB Pipeline...
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If it wasn’t already readily apparent, this Mets team is not going down without a fight. That started with Marcus Stroman, who had his best start for the Mets, which is all the more impressive when you consider it happened in Coors Field. His seven shut out innings were exactly what the Mets needed to get their offense going again. The offense would get going with homers from Amed Rosario,...
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