The New York Mets started off their season on the right foot, taking two out of three from the rival Washington Nationals. The team had some strong performances from a number of players but two stood out above the rest. Jacob deGrom and Pete Alonso were vital to the Metropolitans season opening series win over a team who they are sure to battle for the pennant in 2019. Pitcher of the Week...
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I’ve been waiting for this, Baseball America’s review of the Mets International Free Agent signings for the 2018-2019 Signing Period. I asked Ben Badler of Baseball America when it was coming, with him saying “soon”. I checked the website twice a day, waiting for a chance to read it. While the period technically ends on June 15, BA decided to review some of the signings of each teams...
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The New York Mets have not had the best history bringing in potential Hall of Famers who are towards the end of their careers. Over Mets history, fans can recite how things fell apart for players like Roberto Alomar, Warren Spahn, Eddie Murray, and a host of other players when they donned the orange and blue. However, that is not the totality of that list. There are still players like Rickey...
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Steven Matz has come into this season with lower expectations than in the past. Usually he’s seen as a number two or three but now he’s a fourth starter. Hopefully this takes some pressure of Matz and allows him to become one of the better fourth starters in baseball. In the first, Matz struck out Miguel Rojas but a Wilson Ramos passed ball allowed him to reach first. He almost got...
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Pete Alonso slugged his first major league home run on Monday as the New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins, 7-3. Alonso, playing in only his fourth major league game, crushed the first pitch he saw off of Marlins pitcher Drew Steckenrider to deep right center. It was the centerpiece of a four-run ninth inning that carried the Mets to a 7-3 victory. Alonso, 24, was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts...
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After sharing the details of his former New York Mets teammate Lenny Dykstra’s on-field World Series tirade directed at Boston Red Sox starter, Dennis Boyd, who started Game 3 of the Fall Classic in the Mets’ title-winning season of 1986, former Mets pitcher and current SNY analyst Ron Darling and his former teammate have found themselves in a bit of a spat. According to...
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