By Ryan Finkelstein Hyun-Jin Ryu Position: SP Bats/Throws: R/L Age: March 25, 1987 (32) Traditional Stats: 14-5, 2.32 ERA, 1.007 WHIP, 1.2 BB/9, 8 K/9 Advanced Stats: 5.1 bWAR, 4.8 fWAR, 179 ERA+, 3.10 FIP Hailing from South Korea, Hyun-Jin Ryu starred in the KBO League for seven seasons from 2006 through 2012, playing for the Hanwha Eagles. In his first season of professional baseball, Ryu...
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By Ryan Finkelstein Coming into last week, the New York Mets were not mathematically eliminated and had fleeting hopes that the stars would align and they would find their way into the Wild Card game. Unfortunately the Milwaukee Brewers and the Washington Nationals both swept their first series of the week, officially ending the Mets playoff hopes for good. New York starting the last week of...
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By Ryan Finkelstein Coming into Jacob deGrom’s last start against the Miami Marlins, his second-straight Cy Young Award was basically in the bag. Barring a catastrophic performance, deGrom was on pace to become the 11th pitcher to ever win the award in back-to-back seasons. deGrom did not disappoint, proving to everyone why he is the best pitcher in the National League, with seven shutout...
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The final week of the MLB regular season is upon us, as their are only seven games left for the New York Mets. The Mets are coming off what would usually be considered a very good road trip, which saw them win both series against the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds. Unfortunately the Mets are trying to make up ground fast in the Wild Card standings and really needed to pick up sweeps to...
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When Pete Alonso strolled up to the plate at the top of the sixth inning, the Mets offense had been stagnant all day and was in desperate need of an energy boost. Jeff McNeil’s first-inning home run accounted for all of the offensive production on the day and the Mets trailed 3-1. On the second pitch of Alonso’s at-bat, he hit a towering fly ball down the left field line that hooked...
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