And, just like that, another MLB regular season is in the books, with the New York Mets watching the playoffs on the couch like the rest of us. There were plenty of times when the 2021 campaign was fun and exhilarating to watch (i.e. the first half), and other times when we wanted to poke our eyes out to end the pain (i.e. the second half). But still, Mets baseball hasn’t even been...
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After two seasons and 222 games at the helm, the Mets announced they have declined the 2022 option for manager Luis Rojas. Despite spending 103 days atop the NL East this season, the Mets failed to make the playoffs for a fifth consecutive year. Rojas stated this weekend, “You have got to feel responsible for not helping the team achieve the goal that was set at the beginning of the...
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The 2021 New York Mets season came to a close on Sunday afternoon with a 5-0 shutout loss to the Braves, closing the pages on one of the more disappointing seasons in recent memory. With neither team having anything of substance to play for in this series, the game results didn’t really mean much. Even so, the Mets still managed to lose another series, part of a second-half collapse from...
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The 2021 Mets season is over, finishing eight games under .500 and in third place in the NL East. Based on preseason expectations and where the Mets were at in the standings in the middle of the season, it’s as disappointing of an end result as the franchise has had since the mid-2000s. Nevertheless, the offseason is immediately underway, as the Mets have a litany of things to do in order...
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Player Data: Age: 33 (6/19/1988), B/T: L/R Primary Stats: 15 G, 92 IP, 7-2 W/L record, 1.08 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 146 K, 13.27 SO/BB .364 BA (as batter in 33 PA) Advanced Stats: 4.3 bWAR, 372 ERA+, 1.23 FIP, 3.0 WPA 2021 salary: $33.5 million Grade: A+ 2021 Review Jacob deGrom entered the 2021 season with sky-high expectations. Over the previous three seasons, which spanned 76 starts, deGrom had...
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The Mets walked a tightrope for two weeks. A seven-game losing streak in late September put them dangerously close to a second straight late-season collapse and another year narrowly missing the playoffs. Two games out of the lone Wild Card spot with three games left, those attempting to write the epitaph of the 1999 Mets were premature. New York swept the Pittsburgh Pirates at home. The...
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