Baseball is a very long, arduous, and complicated season. At times, teams can seem unbeatable. Lineups hit everything in sight, starting pitchers shut down opposing lineups, and bullpens wiggle their way out of jams consistently. On the other hand, teams can also enter massive slumps. Star players seem unable to get the job done, while other areas of the team suddenly stop performing to their...
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The Mets had three prospects earn Player of the Week honors in their respective leagues this past week. Double-A Eastern League Pitcher of the Week RHP Jonah Tong Tong, 21, earned Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the second consecutive week. After tossing 6 2/3 perfect innings with 13 strikeouts on May 10 vs. Reading, he followed up his perfect performance with six scoreless innings on...
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Poor defense and a lack of offense were the main driving forces behind a tough weekend for the New York Mets. The Mets dropped the first Subway Series of the year, losing two out of three to the Yankees in the Bronx. There wasn’t a whole lot to get excited about this weekend, either. Sure, the bullpen was absolutely money in the second game of the series. That win also featured some clutch...
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The Mets had an okay week, winning the series against the Pirates and winning one game against the Yankees. Their bats were on the quieter side. They didn’t score more than their average runs scored for the season of 4.6 once last week. They still managed to get two wins against Pittsburgh and another against the Yankees behind some strong pitching performances, bringing their season record to...
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During an SNY Mets broadcast this past week, Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez discussed defensive metrics and how it could be fathomable that a team could rank poorly by one standard but well in another. Cohen recalled a conversation with Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, in which Cohen referenced that the Mets’ performance varied based on which metric one...
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Ronny Mauricio recorded two hits on Sunday in his Syracuse debut. The 24-year-old out of the Dominican Republic is looking to get his stride going again after tearing his ACL in the winter of 2023 and could end up as a platoon option in Queens by the end of the year. Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs (31-14) 8, Syracuse Mets (20-25) 6 Box Score 1B Jon Singleton, 1-for-5, 2B, 1 RBI (.791 OPS) LF...
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