Good morning, Mets fans! Game 3 of the 2o21 World Series takes place tonight as the Astros and Braves fly to Atlanta with the series tied at one game apiece. Right-hander Luis Garcia takes the ball for the Astros. He has thrown 9.1 innings in the postseason and is 1-1. Ian Anderson will start for the Braves. In three games this postseason Anderson is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA. First pitch is scheduled...
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Player Data: Age: 26 (6/15/1995), B/T: L/L Primary Stats: 145 G, 493 PA, .244 BA, .304 OBP, .363 SLG, .667 OPS, 109 H, 11 HR, 58 RBI, 32 BB, 112 SO Advanced Stats: 86 wRC+, 22.7% K%, 7.4% BB%, .297 BABIP, .291 xwOBA, -0.5 fWAR, -0.7 bWAR 2021 Salary: $2.55 million Grade: D+ 2021 Review After a career year during the shortened 2020 season, big things were expected out of Dominic Smith in 2021....
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Shortstop Francisco Lindor is a finalist for the Gold Glove Award in the National League. He breaks the Mets five-year streak of having no finalist at any position. Despite fine defensive seasons from Mets pitchers Marcus Stroman and Taijuan Walker (led NL with seven defensive runs saved), neither of them were a finalist. Walker fell just a few innings short (pitched 138 2/3 innings at game 142,...
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I was leaning strongly towards penning an article on how embarrassing the Mets’ search for a new Player of Baseball Operations has become. We’ve seen outward rejections and team declinations almost on a daily basis. The Mets have zoomed past options A, B and C and are now stuck somewhere between H and I. For a team that is looking to shed its “LOLMets” moniker,...
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Taijuan Walker’s first season with the New York Mets was the ultimate Jekyll and Hyde performance. In the first half, he was an All-Star and one of the league’s top pitchers, but after the midsummer classic, everything mostly went downhill. It’s easy to see how the right-hander put together two very different seasons into one campaign just by looking at his splits. Through his...
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The Dominican Winter League went off with a bang for Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio as he homered in his first at-bat of the season for the Tigres del Licey. Mauricio, coming off a career-high 20 home runs in the regulars season, played shortstop and batted seventh for the Tigres del Licey. His home run came in the second inning with one runner on to give them a 2-0 lead they would never...
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