The latest edition of Talkin’ Mets is hot off the presses. In my opening monologue, I discuss Matt Harvey’s slow start and Terry Collins’ ability to handle the pressure of being the division favorite.
Our first guest Mike Vorkunov of VICE Sports, catches up with Zack Wheeler during his rehab. Then James Flippin of WOR joins me to take some questions from the Metsmerized Online community.
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The Mets offense has started to come alive, especially in the power department. With four home runs on Friday and another three homers on Saturday.
Yoenis Cespedes is red hot and has five RBI in this Cleveland series so far, He is hitting .391 (9-23) with four runs, three home runs and eight RBI in his last six games. Neil Walker and Curtis Granderson also homered as they each start to heat up. And what about Michael Conforto who has looked excellent since his bump to the third spot in the lineup.
Oddly enough, most of the Mets concerns in the last five days has been about their starting pitching. Jacob deGrom remains out and we hope his baby gets well soon. He was dealing with a sore right lat muscle. Matt Harvey has manager Terry Collins very concerned as the Mets ace saw gis record drop to 0-3 with a 5.79 ERA. And Steven Matz, who pitches this afternoon, had a start to forget last week, getting pounded for seven runs.
Luckily for the Mets, the young Noah Syndergaard and the veteran Bartolo Colon continue to cruise in the Mets rotation. Colon especially had a notable victory, passing Pedro Martinez for the second most wins among Dominican-born pitchers, and is within earshot of the all-time leader Hall of Famer Juan Marichal.
There’s lot’s to talk about.
Tonight I will be joined by WOR’s James Flippin as we read and discuss all your questions and comments and dissect this past week of Mets baseball.
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