Starling Marte has struggled in 2023, underperforming his 2022 output greatly just 72 games into the season. So far, the 34-year-old has slashed .238/.301/.321/.622. His isolated slugging percentage (.071), which is the measure of a player’s raw power, has fallen off a cliff from last year’s (.176 in 2022, .159 career average). He’s pulling the ball much less, and fewer of his...
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Drew Smith was ejected Tuesday night for a foreign substance on his hand Tuesday night versus the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the 2023 Subway Series. Smith entered the game in the top of the seventh, and before he threw a pitch, crew chief Bill Miller check his hand for sticky substances. The three other umpires also looked at Smith’s hand, and Miller ultimately tossed Smith from the...
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Francisco Lindor this weekend had his best series of the year against his former team, the Cleveland Guardians. In Game 1 on Friday night, the 29-year-old racked up three hits, including a game-winning single in the 10th inning—continuing a trend of comebacks last week by the Mets. On Sunday, in Game 3 of the series (and the second game on Sunday), Lindor pulled the Mets even 1-1 with the...
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There have been two constants for the Mets the last four weeks: the played on a day that ended in a “y,” and they left fans wondering how much worse it can get. Even on days like Sunday, when the team finally broke out for eight runs in an inning their regularly scheduled game, they didn’t score a run outside of that frame. And just hours earlier, they gave the lead...
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We continue our remembrance of MMO founder Joe D., who passed away last week, with recollections from current and former MMO staff. You can read part one here. As a reminder, if you would like to make a donation in Joe’s honor, his family provided this link to St. Jude’s. Patrick Glynn It was hard to go a week without Joe letting reminding you what he thought of you. It was all...
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