Lucas Duda continues to struggle mightily at the plate and Wednesday night’s 0-for-5 performance with four strikeouts might have been his worst showing yet. He followed that up with another hitless performance and two more strikeouts in the 6-1 loss in the series finale against the Cubs. “It’s a pretty prolonged stretch for me, just because I’m not doing the things I’m capable of,” Duda...
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As they prepare to face two of the NL’s best pitchers back-to-back in the lions den known as Dodger Stadium, the offensively starved Mets may be able to draw inspiration from…the Dodgers. But not these Dodgers. The Dodgers of 50 years ago. Let me of course stipulate that we have neither a Sandy Koufax nor a Don Drysdale, both of whom were in the prime of their careers when the hitless...
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Las Vegas (46-35) 12, Tacoma 2 The 51’s offense started off with a bang thanks to the power of Kirk Nieuwenhuis who hit a 3-run shot and Brandon Allen who had a 2-run shot in the first inning. Alex Castellanos provided some more power with his 13th homerun of the year in the 3rd inning. Kirk finished 2-3 with a walk, four RBI, two runs scored and the homer which was in 7th in 13...
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I wanted to address some of what’s been written about Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins and the Panic City Mets. Joel Sherman – While upper management has insisted the dollars are there, executives from other teams say their Mets counterparts tell them that the budget is either tight or non-existent. Is that gamesmanship by the Mets to try to get competitors to lower demands or honesty?...
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If nothing else, Jacob deGrom proved he’s mortal after all. The reigning rookie of the year lasted just 5.1 innings against the Cubs on Thursday and allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits, two walks and only struck out two. The loss snapped his streak of seven straight starts with at least 7.0 innings pitched and two or fewer earned runs allowed. It was the longest such active...
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As we sit here on July 2nd at 40-40, we see a New York Mets pitching staff that has rigorously outperformed their defensive and hitting production. In this mid-season pitching report card, I give both a statistical and non-statistical review for each Mets starting pitcher through June 30. Listed below are the statistical categories that I use in this evaluation and the reasons those...
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