Justin Verlander responded to comments made against him on Monday night, giving his side of the story in response to an article written by Mike Puma of the New York Post back on August 12. In the article, Puma wrote a paragraph reporting that a Met had called Verlander a diva and that he would often complain about the teams’ substandard analytics department. “Verlander and Scherzer...
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Monday, August 14, 2023 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, New York RHP Quinn Priester (2-1, 8.75) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (3-6, 6.42) SNY When the Mets took two of three from the Pirates in June, Pittsburgh a first place team in the NL Central (granted they were only four games above .500 going into the series). After a tailspin during the first two weeks of July, the Pirates sold players at the...
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After losing three out of four games against the Atlanta Braves over the weekend, the New York Mets (53-65) are trudging to their upcoming matchup against the Pittsburgh Pirates (53-65) at Citi Field. Despite winning the final game of the series, the weekend was characterized by humiliation at the hands of the division rival Braves. Most notably, they lost 21-3 in the first game of their...
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This past weekend was not a good one for the New York Mets. In fact, it got pretty damn ugly at points. Yes, the Mets were able to avoid the sweep at the hands of the Atlanta Braves, winning the series finale 7-6 on Sunday. But even that victory was far from pretty. Moral victories aside, New York was absolutely manhandled by a team that has entrenched itself as the Gold Standard in Major League...
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The New York Mets showed some fight with a series win over the playoff-contending Chicago Cubs to open the week before dropping three out of four to the buzzsaw that is the Atlanta Braves over the weekend. During that stretch, Pete Alonso and Kodai Senga, who were the team’s two All-Star nods this season, proved why they were worthy of that title with gutsy performances against stout...
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AAA: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (54-57) 6, Syracuse Mets (46-66) 2 Box Score José Peraza 1B: 2-for-3, R, .258/.313/.367 Brett Baty 3B: 1-for-4, BB, 2 K, .353/.459/.804 Ronny Mauricio SS: 1-for-5, 2 K, E, .289/.338/.493 Despite recording nine hits in Sunday’s game, the Mets were able to push across just two runs, the second of which came on a towering solo home run by Carlos...
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