While the New York Mets’ starting rotation has received plenty of attention through the first month of the 2021 campaign, the club’s bullpen has also performed extremely well out of the gate and is one of the major reasons they currently sit at the top of the NL East division. Though there’s still plenty of games left in the schedule, the Mets’ bullpen has produced the...
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Funny thing how baseball works at times. One day, a Mets off-day, you watch a game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays. As any red-blooded, full-throated Mets fanatic will do, he or she will root like heck against the Yankees and hope the the Rays recent mastery over the Yankees continues. And it did, 9-1 was the final. But the very next night, Friday, May 14 to be exact, our...
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I got the chance recently to sit down on the phone with Mets’ vice president of amateur and international scouting Tommy Tanous. Tanous has been with the Mets since 2010, and has worked his way up through the ranks to the current position he holds. The Mets’ first draft under Tanous came in 2012, in which 11 major leaguers were produced. The following year, the Mets selected Dominic...
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It is no secret that the Mets’ offensive woes have been minimized by the excellent work of the pitching staff. Not many hitters on the team have played up to the standards they have become accustomed to throughout their careers. Hitting coach Chili Davis was fired after a Pete Alonso persona known as Donnie Stevenson took over as the “hitting approach coach”. Even Francisco Lindor was...
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We’ve poured a lot of digital ink recently about the early-season success of the New York Mets’ bullpen, and rightfully so. During the Mets’ recent hot streak, this area of the roster has been doing its fair share to contribute to the bottom line for manager Luis Rojas. After Wednesday’s win against the Baltimore Orioles, the bullpen’s cumulative 2.1 fWAR through...
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Worcester Red Sox 7 (4-5) Syracuse Mets 4 (2-7) Box Score CF Brandon Nimmo 0-for-3 1B David Thompson 2-for-4, HR, R, 3 RBI, 2 SO, .222/.324/.481 The Syracuse Mets lost a close one to the Worcester Red Sox on Thursday. Worcester’s bullpen threw five no-hit innings and only gave up one walk. Brandon Nimmo played in a rehab game going 0-for-3 and playing center field for three innings....
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