Author: Nate Olshan

Francisco Lindor Leads NL Shortstops in WAR

Francisco Lindor continued his latest hot streak Thursday afternoon as the shortstop went 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored. Lindor was the ghost runner in the tenth inning, and scored the tying run thanks to Pete Alonso’s walk-off home run. At one point in the Mets 7-6 win over the Cardinals, Lindor extended his streak of reaching base to eight straight plate appearances. 8...

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Mark Canha Shows Rare Power in Big Game

After a hot start to the early season, Mark Canha has struggled of late, and was coincidentally out of the lineup for three of the team’s last six games. Entering the game Thursday morning, Canha was hitless in his last ten at-bats. That changed quickly in the Mets 4-1 win over that Nationals on Thursday afternoon. He took advantage of three walks in the first inning to Brandon Nimmo,...

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Mets Release Robinson Canó in a Slew of Roster Moves

The Mets announced on Sunday that they’ve released 2B/DH Robinson Canó. The eight-time all-star was designated for assignment this past Monday after struggling to pick-up where he left off during his hot start in spring training. In 41 at-bats across 12 games in 2022, Canó posted a .233 OBP with just eight hits, three RBIs, and one home run. During Canó’s time with the Mets he...

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Taijuan Walker Struggles In Third Straight Start Against Phillies

Taijuan Walker took the hill Thursday night as the Mets opened up a four-games series in Philadelphia, and while the offense woke up dramatically towards the end of the game, and and relief pitchers stepped of mightily, the game didn’t go nearly as planed early on. The Phillies tacked on four runs in the first inning as the heart of the Phillies lineup in Bryce Harper, Nick Casellanos and...

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Carrasco Crumbles Giants Offense in Mets Win

After coming over in the January 2021 trade with Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco was banged up in 2021, and struggled to capture his underrated dominance with the now Cleveland Guardians, during his transition to the Big Apple. Here he is three starts into the year, and he’s already looking like he did back in 2020 with Cleveland. In three starts so far, Carrasco is now 1-0 with a 1.47...

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