MMO Roundtable: Will Mets Sporadic Schedule Come Back to Haunt Them?

The Mets 2021 season has been off to quite the start…and no, I’m not referring to the games themselves, but rather, the lack-there-of. Between COVID-19, snow, and rain, the Mets schedule has been pretty all over the place to begin the season. Could this come back to hurt them? Has it already hurt them? We hope not, of course, but… Ryan Finkelstein I think the sporadic schedule...

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Series Preview: Mets Continue Road Trip With Three At Wrigley Field

The New York Mets (7-4) are coming off a weather-modified three games series in Colorado, during which they took two of three from the Rockies. Now the Mets will go to Wrigley Field for the first time since 2019 for three games with David Ross’s Chicago Cubs (6-9). The Cubs lost two of three to the Braves in their most recent series. The Mets have been battling postponements, as well as...

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Michael Conforto Showing Signs of Life at the Plate

After a forgettable start to the 2021 season, New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto finally showed some signs of life at the plate in this weekend’s series win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Heading into the series, Conforto was riding an 0-for-16 slump, and had just three hits in 25 at-bats on the season. During the three-game set, the sweet-swinging lefty put together a 4-for-10...

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Players Of The Week: Nimmo And DeGrom Stellar Once Again

After going 2-3 last week, the Mets turned things around by sweeping the Phillies and taking two out of three against the Rockies. The Mets now sit atop of the NL East with a 7-4 record, and they will try to keep their momentum rolling against the Cubs and Nationals this week. Given the many strong individual efforts over this 5-1 stretch, it wasn’t as easy to pick the two best players as it was...

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Mets Week in Review: Pitching Staff Continues to Dominate

Between COVID-19, rain, snow, active volcanoes, alien invasions and whatever else the universe throws the Mets way, the Amazin’s still haven’t been able to find much consistency in terms of games played through two weeks. It’s been difficult, if not impossible, to find any sort of real rhythm and the team has been riddled with stops, starts and unplanned double-headers. The good news...

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OTD 1967: Tom Seaver Picks Up First Career Win

Fifty-four years ago today in New York Mets history, 22-year old rookie Tom Seaver took the mound for his second career start, and took home the first win of his big league career in the team’s 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium. Seaver made his big league debut a week prior against the Pittsburgh Pirates and took the no-decision after pitching 5.1 innings, and allowing two runs...

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