Good morning, Mets fans! Great win last night. Juan Lagares is on my mind after getting the game-winning hit to help us beat the Braves, so let’s talk about him, and see if I can get through this entire article without making Juan single pun. Wait, never mind. During the offseason and throughout spring training, the entire Mets community was abuzz with a raging debate in the outfield: Eric...
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The Mets (4-5) took the rubber game of the series in Atlanta, beating the Braves (5-4) by a score of 6-4 on Thursday night. Jenrry Mejia took the ball for New York in his second start of the season, while David Hale got the call for Atlanta. The Mets drew first blood when Eric Young singled, stole second, took third on a bad throw, and came in to score on Daniel Murphy’s groundout. But the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! I was originally going to write about how it was nice to see our bullpen finally do a decent job last night, despite the loss. Then, I started digging through the box scores from the past few games and I realized something… The Mets’ bullpen has not given up a run in the past 4 games. That’s right, we’re 8 games into a season in which many...
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Good morning, Mets fans… I’m excited to announce that I have been tasked with bringing the “MMO Morning Grind”— which Joe D used to run a couple years ago— back from the dead. The Morning Grind is a daily feature where I’ll talk about something that stood out to me in the previous night’s game, the latest hot-button issue in the Mets community, or...
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The Mets (2-4) lost a close contest to the Reds (2-4) on Sunday afternoon, falling 2-1 to Cincinnati at Citi Field. Jon Niese took the mound for New York and was solid in his first start of the season. Niese cruised through the first five innings, but ran into a bit of trouble in the sixth and was pulled with two outs after allowing two runs. Niese finished with four strikeouts in 5.2 innings...
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