Good Morning, Mets fans! The entirety of Tuesday was packed full of postseason baseball. The Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres opened their National League division series. The Houston Astros and the Oakland Athletics, as well as the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays continued their American League divison series. On Wednesday, all of these...
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Liam Hendriks, Relief Pitcher Bats/Throws: Right/Right Age: 31 (Feb. 10, 1989) Traditional Stats: 24 G, 25.1 IP, 1.78 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 37 K, 3 BB, 1 HR; 13.1 K/9, 1.1 BB/9, 0.4 HR/9, 70.5% LOB Advanced Stats: 32.0% GB, 5.3% HR/FB, 1.14 FIP/2.07 xFIP, 1.90 SIERA, 235 ERA+, 1.4 fWAR/1.4 bWAR Statcast Percentiles: 17th exit velocity, 76th hard-hit, 87th barrel, 78th xBA, 98th xwOBA, 83rd xSLG, 98th...
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The ALDS began yesterday, with the Astros and Yankees winning their games against the Athletics and Rays, respectively. Now, the four remaining NL teams will join them, as the Dodgers take on the Padres and the Braves take on the surprising Marlins. Miami Marlins vs Atlanta Braves, 2:08 PM ET, Game 1 at Minute Maid Park – ATL FS1 RHP Sandy Alcantara vs LHP Max Fried The 2020 Marlins are a...
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Following the 2018 campaign, the New York Mets knew they needed to improve their catching position over the offseason and general manager Brodie Van Wagenen was determined to land one of the top backstops in the league. And he nearly pulled it off. Just a few months after the Boston Red Sox were crowned World Series champions, Van Wagenen explored the free-agent market and offered a lucrative...
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Don’t get me wrong — there were a number of factors behind the New York Mets finishing 26-34 and tied with the Washington Nationals for last in the National League East standings. At different times throughout 2020, it was either the offense, defense, bullpen, or rotation that failed to help this club fire on all cylinders. Outside of the defense, a glaring hole in New York’s...
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The 1969 Mets clinched the National League Eastern Division on September 24th in a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. They had two more steps to take on their way to a championship. On October 6th, 1969, they took the first of those steps. In the first year of divisional play, the Mets had to face the Braves, who had won the NL Western Division, in a best-of-five series for National...
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