The Mets improved their all-time Opening Day record to a major league best 38-20 by beating Washington on Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park, 2-0. (Box Score) Pitching Jacob deGrom, aka deCy Young, got the opening day start for the Mets. In the first, he gave up a single to Trea Turner and walked Juan Soto but worked around that to limit the damage. In the second, he struck out the side in...
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The 2019 season is finally upon us after an active offseason that saw many changes to the front office, coaching staff, and player personnel. I used FanGraphs projections for some of the over/under lines. I received answers from 20 of our writers on a variety of different topics. I consolidated the results and here’s our over/unders for the Mets 2019 season: [table id=1 /] As you can see,...
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The Mets have routinely had teams with low floors and high ceilings. Just look at their rosters (specifically on offense) from past opening days. Between Adrian Gonzalez, Jose Reyes, and Phillip Evans to name a few that come to mind. Instead, this year they finally have depth and good hitters. Adding Wilson Ramos, Jed Lowrie (even if he’ll miss a few weeks), Robinson Cano to go along with...
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Jacob deGrom is the type of pitcher that can maintain his focus through just about anything. His even-keel nature also makes it hard to truly ruffle his feathers in the midst of a start. But still, if he and the New York Mets didn’t strike a deal on the five-year extension he just signed, nobody would blame him for having that in the back of his mind. I know it would’ve been in the...
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After a long, agonizing winter, we’re finally here. Opening day is tomorrow afternoon and actual baseball will soon replace speculation, predictions, and scuttlebutt. And particularly in the NL East, that development will be especially refreshing. The Braves, Mets, Nationals, and Phillies all believe they will be the last one’s standing at the end of September–and for good...
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 • 1:05 p.m. Nationals Park • Washington, D.C. RHP Jacob deGrom (10-9, 1.70 in 2018) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (18-7, 2.53 in 2018) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM Mets baseball is back! For the first time in a while the Mets turned over their roster quite a bit as there are a number of players who could be making their orange and blue debuts today. The NL East is going to be...
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