Author: John Sheridan

Mets Minors Players of the Week: Dibrell Rebounds For St. Lucie

Syracuse Mets – Carlos Gomez Week Stats: .400/.435/.800, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 SB, 2 BB Season Stats: .263/.312/.434, 8 2B, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 5 SB, 6 BB Gomez signed very late in the offseason, and it looks like he is now fully up to speed. Actually, that’s putting it lightly because Gomez was great this past week putting together a six game hitting streak with two three hit games and...

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3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Can’t Brew Up Runs

3 UP 1. Lock Down Bullpen While the Mets were largely disappointing in a sweep to the Brewers, the Mets bullpen was awesome. The bullpen pitched 16.1 innings, Ok. Name a closer worth $100 million and two top orand it allowed just two earned runs. Those two runs were allowed by Chris Flexen who is a starter thrust into the bullpen. The two biggest standouts were Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman who...

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MMO Roundtable: April’s Most Pleasant Surprises

The New York Mets finished the Month of April in second place in the National League East with a 16-15 record. During the first month of the season, there have been a number of pleasant surprises. Picking which one was the most pleasant surprise may be difficult, but that is what our writers endeavored to do in the latest edition of the MMO Roundtable: Marshall Field – No Doubt It’s...

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Neon Moment of the Week: Syndergaard Does it All

One of the titans in Mets history is Jerry Koosman. One of the things he had said was it was a starting pitcher’s job to shut ’em out and hit ’em out. The funny thing about that is why Koosman threw 26 shutouts as a Met, he hit just two homers in his career. While Koosman did have a complete game in both games he homered, he did not shut out the opponent in either game. In...

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3 Up, 3 Down: DeGrom and Syndergaard Leave Cincinnati Feeling Red

3 UP 1. Starting Pitching Is Back Sometimes the best way to get pitchers on track is to see an offense as poor as the Reds. In this series, Zack Wheeler, Jason Vargas, Jacob deGrom, and Noah Syndergaard combined to allow five earned runs over 27.1 innings pitched (1.65 ERA). The most pleasant surprise of this group is deGrom. With their being concerns about his having been on the Injured List...

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