During last night’s SNY broadcast, SNY showed Matt Harvey’s opposing batting average broken down by number of times through the opposing team’s lineup: First time through the lineup: .243 Second time through the lineup: .284 Third time through the lineup: .510 This pattern continued last night as the Washington Nationals hit two home runs their second time through the lineup and three...
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With Yoenis Cespedes off to an excellent start, Kevin Davidoff of the NY Post says the Mets’ relationship with Cespedes appears to be warming up. But Davidoff wonders if this means the two sides will be able to commit to a long term deal. “It’s a little early,” John Ricco, the Mets’ assistant general manager, said. “We really haven’t had discussions about that. It’s probably in the back of...
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The New York Mets (26-19) were defeated by the Washington Nationals (28-18) by a score of 7-4 on Tuesday night in DC. Pitching: Matt Harvey started for the Mets in arguably his most important regular season start in his career. He walked the leadoff hitter Ben Revere on 5 fastballs, after which the nail biting ensued before Jayson Werth grounded into a 1-6-3 double play and Bryce Harper grounded...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016 • 7:05 p.m. Nationals Park • Washington, D.C. RHP Matt Harvey (3-6, 5.77) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (7-0, 2.80) SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets got exactly what they needed out of Bartolo Colon last night to help them take the first of three against the Nationals in DC. Colon had a strong outing and was backed by a 5-run Mets inning highlighted by a three-run homer...
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Though not an orphan, and named Matt as opposed to Pip, some people have some lofty, if not Great Expectations for the Dark Knight this evening in our nation’s capital. Much speculation surrounds how the resolution of Harvey pitching this game came to pass. Obviously, this evening’s game comes on the heels of the worst start of his young career just five days ago against these same...
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A review of the latest turn through the Mets starting rotation: Name InningsThe Hits Runs (Earned Runs) Strikeouts Walks ERA (Season) WHIP (Season) Quality Start? Matt Harvey (3-6) 2.2 8 9(6) 2 2 5.77 1.66 No (9/3) Steven Matz (3-1) 7.0 3 2(2) 8 1 2.81 1.06 Yes (7/6) Jacob deGrom (3-1) 5.0 5 4(4) 7 3 3.07 1.24 No (7/4) Noah Syndergaard (5-2) 7.0 6 1(0) 11 0 1.94 0.98 Yes (9/8) Bartolo Colon...
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