Ever since the New York Mets signed both Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello in a 24-hour span back in December, everyone has talked about the depth the Mets featured in their rotation. Many quibbled at the decision to sign both pitchers to fill the void left by Zack Wheeler in free agency for multiple reasons. Critics argued that neither pitcher was good enough to offset the loss of Wheeler, while...
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In the days of postseasons prior to the inception of Wild Card teams, the Mets had 95 victories heading into October and nothing yet to show for it. With the NL East Division title presenting the only avenue to the playoffs and the St. Louis Cardinals up three in the standings with six to play, New York’s last-ditch effort for 1985 came in a three-game set at Busch Stadium. In the biggest...
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The 2015 New York Mets season holds a special place in my heart for a few reasons. I was 20-years-old and the last time I saw the Mets in the postseason, I was 11-years-old. I had also just transferred to SUNY New Paltz and the team’s big playoff push coincided with me beginning a new chapter of my life. Those couple months to end the 2015 season were some of the best moments of my life,...
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When the New York Mets went to the World Series in 2015, their starting rotation featured not one, but two superheros. With his Dark Knight persona, Matt Harvey had long staked his claim as a fan favorite in Gotham and he was joined by a budding star in rookie Noah Syndergaard. Then a 22-year-old top prospect, Syndergaard hit the ground running in 2015, dazzling the baseball world with...
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It’s a hot corner in a hot division! Except, unlike 2019, the scene at third base is quite vacant. The hot corner has been gutted of the best of the best, as the Nationals lost superstar Anthony Rendon to the Los Angeles Angels and the Atlanta Braves were outbid by the Minnesota Twins for productive veteran Josh Donaldson. With a fairly bare scene throughout the division, let’s rank the...
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Good Morning Mets Fans! Even though baseball is off, the Injury Gods are still doing their thing. Latest Mets News The baseball world learned that Noah Syndergaard will miss the remainder of the 2020 campaign as well as a portion of the 2021 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic studied the effectiveness of pitchers who returned from Tommy John surgery before...
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