MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Orioles, 7:05 PM

The New York Mets will complete their two game set at Camden Yards on Wednesday night against the Baltimore Orioles at  7:05 PM. Noah Syndergaard (7-6, 3.07) starts for the Mets in the finale and he opposes Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (9-7, 3.92).  Syndergaard is 7-1 with a 1.82 ERA at Citi Field and 0-5 with a 5.01 ERA on the road. But he’s changing his pre game regimen tonight to...

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One Small Tweak For Thor, One Giant Leap For Mets-kind

Mets rookie Noah Syndergaard has some really wild home and road splits  this season. He is a remarkable 7-1 with a 1.82 ERA in nine starts at Citi Field, however in eight starts on the road he is 0-5 with a 5.01 ERA. In a report by Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal, the younger Mets right-hander is going to make a change to his pregame routine in an effort to improve his performance on...

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Pitching Analysis of Jacob deGrom vs Baltimore Orioles

Stat Line: (W 12-6) 7.2 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 6 SO, 1 BB Jacob deGrom proved he doesn’t need his best command to be deGrominant.  Similar to Matt Harvey against the Colorado Rockies last week, deGrom struggled commanding his pitches knee high and low in the strike zone.  In order to adapt, deGrom attacked the strike zone throwing 70% of his pitches for strikes.  Specifically, deGrom threw 76% strike...

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It’s Playoffs or Bust for the Amazins

It is now Playoffs or Bust time for the Mets and the latest baseball odds have the team’s chances of winning the World Series in the top five of all MLB teams. With the team sitting on a 4.5 game lead and the Magic Number down to 40 entering play on August 19th, making the playoffs is the only option or else the 2015 season will go down as another collapse. I’m not trying to be overly...

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Familia Notches 33rd Save, But Not Without Some Big-Time Jitters

I have a confession to make… When Tyler Clippard failed to get those two left-handed hitters out in the bottom of the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s game, I was sweating and pacing. Those old feelings of doom and gloom started creeping back. With the Mets up 5-1 Clippard, who is among the best in the game in getting left-handed hitters out, allowed a one-out walk to the dangerous...

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Mets Minors: Wright Walks Three Times, Molina Back On DL

  Las Vegas (68-56) 6, Iowa 5 Walk-Off For the second straight night the 51’s beat the Cubs in walk-off fashion after Danny Muno hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 12th inning on Monday night. Dan Rohlfing was hit by the pitch as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th to end the game last night. The win holds the 51’s lead in the Pacific Southern...

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