It looks like Marcus Storman is finally comfortable in a Mets uniform. Unfortunately, it may be a little too late. Stroman’s first month as a Met was one filled with a lot of team success, but not a lot of personal achievement for New York’s newest starting pitcher. Stroman pitched to a 4.91 ERA in five August starts, but the Mets won in each of his first four. Then came...
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The New York Mets got off to a great start last week, sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks in a four-game series and picking up two games on the Chicago Cubs in the process. Unfortunately, the best team in the NL came to town this weekend and beat the Mets in a hard fought series, leaving New York four games out of the Wild Card race. Now the Mets face long odds to make the playoffs with 13 games...
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If the New York Mets are going to battle all the way back in this Wild Card chase, it is going to take a huge effort from the unit that this team was built around. The starting pitching. With an ailing bullpen that has only two arms that can be trusted, the best recipe for the Mets to be successful is for their starting pitchers to pitch well and deep into games. That is exactly what New York...
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This past week was another one marred by missed opportunities for the 2019 New York Mets. The Wild Card race is slipping through the Mets fingers, as they continue to falter and drop chances to gain on the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals. A prime example of a missed opportunity was the Mets disastrous ninth inning meltdown on Tuesday, as they yielded seven runs to drop a game they had...
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The biggest hurdle standing in the way of the New York Mets making the playoff this year is their bullpen. It is the same problem that has persisted all season, as Seth Lugo has consistently been the only reliable arm the Mets can turn to. While Justin Wilson and Luis Avilan have been good as of late, Jeurys Familia and Edwin Diaz continue to falter, putting Mickey Callaway in a position where...
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