Welcome to the midway point Mets fans! Over the course of the All-Star break, we’ll be going back through the Mets roster, coaching staff, and front office and grading them at where things stand. First up will be the Mets coaching staff. Buck Showalter There’s no stat to grade a manager with adequately. Win-loss can be iffy since the manager doesn’t actually hit the field but...
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Position: LHP Bats/Throws: R/L Age: 6/17/1990 (31) Traditional Stats: 32 G, 0-1, 2.30 ERA, 0.951 WHIP, 33 K, 27.1 IP Advanced Stats: 0.8 fWAR, 2.16 FIP, 2.30 xERA, 7.3 BB%, 30.53 K% Rundown Andrew Chafin was drafted in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He began his career as a starter and after a few successful minor league campaigns, received a cup of coffee in...
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The New York Mets are still the best team in the National League East. The Mets took it to Atlanta, taking two out of three in their home park, showing all of New York’s detractors they’re going to win games on their agenda and not what’s called unsustainable by faceless Twitter users. The Mets took the battle of the aces on Monday and took the rubber match on Wednesday. They...
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The Home Run Derby champ is back. Pete Alonso is set to defend his title at Dodger Stadium, according to former Mets bench coach Dave Jauss on Twitter. In a now deleted tweet, Jauss said he was leaving Europe for Los Angeles on Sunday in order to throw to Alonso in the derby. Alonso has won the event the last two years, putting on an absolute masterclass in crushing baseballs. His first year in...
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“Dear god, just let the pitcher hit” is what I found myself saying after watching the at-bats of J.D. Davis, Dominic Smith, and James McCann on Tuesday. Who would’ve entered the season thinking the universal DH would actually hurt the Mets? That trio went a combined o-for-8 with three strikeouts and six runners left on base. Three of them were left in scoring position with two...
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