Editor’s Note: A day after we posted the following article, reporters asked Sandy Alderson about Nimmo and GKR spent an inning discussing it during last night’s broadcast. Here is the original article. One of the main issues the Mets have this season is their inability to get on base. While they are 6th in the majors in homeruns, they rank 23rd in OBP. While I’ve seen fans...
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While the Mets have lost three straight games, their starting pitchers shouldn’t receive any blame. Matt Harvey, Steven Matz and Jacob deGrom all pitched well enough to win, but their offense failed to provide them any run support. Over the past three games, the Mets have only scored two runs. They have recorded just 13 hits and have struck out 32 times during this stretch. On Sunday,...
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When the Mets acquired Addison Reed last season, not many people were expecting him to be a dominant relief pitcher. He had an ERA over 4.00 during his career for the Diamondbacks and White Sox, but something clicked for Reed ever since coming to New York. In 15 innings in September last year, Reed posted a 1.17 ERA and 1.04 WHIP with 17 strikeouts. And he’s carried over this excellence...
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Mets reliever Hansel Robles has a sprained right ankle, manager Terry Collins told reporters after Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Collins said he didn’t believe the injury was serious and that he would be fine by Friday. Robles, who was coming off two brutal outings, came in to pitch the 12th inning. After getting the first out, he hurt his ankle while in a 3-2 count...
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Despite Matt Harvey’s brutal start to the season, Terry Collins believes he will rebound. “I do believe as we continue that Matt’s going to get better,” Collins said. “If this was something that we thought was physical, I’d say, ‘Hey, he’s going to have a tough time.’ But I think he’s going to bounce back.” (MLB.com) Harvey enters...
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