Before the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off their four-game sweep of the New York Mets on Thursday night with a 6-3 victory, Mets manager Terry Collins said he will ask veteran Asdrubal Cabrera to play second base when he returns. The reason Collins said — keeping Jose Reyes, one of the worst players in the majors, at shortstop. There are a multitude of issues with that thinking. One being...
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Jay Bruce is having a career year and is on pace to put up one of the better offensive seasons in Mets history for an outfielder. The big reason he has been so successful is the “air-ball revolution.” The air-ball revolution is a term coined by Daniel Murphy. Air-ball is nothing but line drive rate+fly ball rate. In a Fangraphs article, it said “When asked about how much credit he deserves...
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The Houston Astros lead the majors with 50 wins this year and already have a 12.5 game lead in the American League West, but they currently have their two best starters in Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers on the disabled list. McCullers is likely to return this weekend while Keuchel is still a few weeks away while fellow starters Charlie Morton and Collin McHugh are also currently on the DL....
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Any hope of the Mets making a serious playoff run died this week at home against the Nationals and over the past few days in Los Angeles. The last four nights were particularly brutal, with the Mets not even putting up a fight. In total, Mets pitching allowed 36 runs in the four games with the Dodgers. The Dodgers hit an absurd 15 home runs in the series, the most they’ve ever hit...
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3 UP 1. Bruce Increasing His Trade Value After a great April, Jay Bruce appeared to have regressed in May to be the player he has been over the past few seasons. When the calendar flipped to June, Bruce has turned the corner, and he has been playing at an All Star level yet again. In 18 games this month, he has hit .329/.370/.658 with seven homers and 13 RBI. If we’re being honest, with...
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Steven Matz provided his third straight quality start for the New York Mets despite having issues with base on balls and the home run ball on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Matz went six innings, allowing three runs on only three hits (two home runs however), five walks and struck out a season high eight batters. Command was an issue all night for Matz as he threw only 61...
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