By Matt Musico Even after cementing their second straight series win on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati, the New York Mets’ playoff hopes look mighty grim. They fought hard and ended up getting much closer than many expected when looking at their chances earlier this year, but a 4.5-game deficit with seven left to play is hard to overcome. It’s not impossible, but real difficult. The...
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The Mets are still in the hunt for one of the two National League Wild Card spots. Technically. If the Mets are to actually obtain one of those spots, however, it will take a miracle. So what would need to happen? Let me explain: The current NL Wild Card standings are as follows: 0.0 Nationals (85-69) 0.0 Brewers (86-70) —————– 4.0 Cubs (82-74) E# 3 4.5 Mets...
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By Logan Barer The Kansas City Royals announced that Ned Yost will be retiring following their last game of the season Sunday. He will retire as the all-time winningest manager in Royals history. Yost, 64, has a career 1201-1338 record with the Brewers and Royals. He served as Brewers manager from 2003-2008 where he had a 457-502 record. After taking 2009 off, he took over the Royals in 2010 and...
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By Danny Torres When former N.Y. Mets General Manager Omar Minaya was a standout catcher for the Newtown High School baseball team in Elmhurst, Queens, there was never a question about what uniform number he would wear. He chose his favorite number in tribute to one of his childhood heroes, whom he was able to see when his parents took him to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets. While Omar was...
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3 UP 1. Great Starting Pitching In the three game series against the Reds, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, and Marcus Stroman combined to allow just three earned runs over 18.2 innings. That’s exactly the formula the Mets need to win games. On Friday, deGrom pitched seven scoreless to out-duel Luis Castillo and to further cement his status as the Cy Young front runner. On Saturday, Wheeler...
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The final week of the MLB regular season is upon us, as their are only seven games left for the New York Mets. The Mets are coming off what would usually be considered a very good road trip, which saw them win both series against the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds. Unfortunately the Mets are trying to make up ground fast in the Wild Card standings and really needed to pick up sweeps to...
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