Mets Mailing It In?
OK, I understand slumps and bad stretches. Nearly every team gets them. But, with less than 40 games remaining, they aren’t just mailing it in. Last night, they used FedEx. Manager Terry Collins...
View ArticleLiking Matt Harvey More And More
Matt Harvey was not in a good mood when he was pulled last night with the bases loaded and nobody out in the sixth. In what might have been the best outing from a Mets’ reliever all season, Robert...
View ArticleMets To Have Platoons In Center And Right
Maybe the Mets will find somebody who is released at the end of spring training, but for now the Mets are looking at platoons in center and right field. Center will feature Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Collin...
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Did Santana Commit Career Suicide?
HOW MUCH IS SANTANA CAUSE OF HIS OWN PROBLEMS? When Johan Santana said he doesn’t know when he will pitch again, it isn’t inconceivable it could be never. Santana’s left shoulder is not getting better...
View ArticleMets Looking For Breakout Game From Offense
Nobody expected the Mets to be an offensive juggernaut, and scoring 19 runs in the first two games should have done nothing to change that impression. Certainly the last two games proved it. They...
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Mets Wrap: Matt Harvey Dominant Again
It wasn’t a perfect game, but it was close. Matt Harvey gave up one hit in nine scoreless innings, and Bobby Parnell threw a 1-2-3 tenth, as the Mets beat the Chicago White Sox, 1-0, tonight at Citi...
View ArticleMets Wrap: Offense Fails Again
In one game out of five the Mets play an alert, aggressive brand of baseball. That’s when they have Matt Harvey on the mound. Wednesday night wasn’t one of those nights. Jeremy Hefner kept the Mets in...
View ArticleJon Niese’s Injury-Related Bad Habits Root To Rout
Including today’s 11-2 flameout loss to Pittsburgh, the Mets have lost Jon Niese’s last five starts, with him giving up 22 runs and not getting out of the fifth inning in three of them. He has not come...
View ArticleMets Wrap: Another Jeremy Hefner Start Wasted
Once again, the Mets wasted a strong Jeremy Hefner, this time when Bobby Parnell blew a save by giving up three hits and a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning. With the 3-2 loss, the Mets have dropped...
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Even In Defeat Matt Harvey Makes Impact For Mets
You knew Matt Harvey wasn’t going to win them all, but the flip side is the New York Mets can’t lose all his starts, either. Right? HARVEY: A lot to like, even in defeat. (AP) At one time Harvey was...
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Ike Davis And Zack Wheeler Bounce Back; Mets Have Decision On Josh Satin
Ike Davis and Zack Wheeler, two key, but struggling players for the New York Mets, came up big Friday night in Milwaukee. In his return from the minors, Davis had three hits, while Wheeler, who was hit...
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Mets Wrap: Aaron Harang And David Aardsma Show Something For 2014
It was fun to watch the New York Mets play a meaningful September game. Maybe next year they’ll be in one for their own benefit. Manager Terry Collins said prior to the game the Mets could benefit just...
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Manager Terry Collins Touches On All Things Mets
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – New York Mets manager Terry Collins addressed a myriad of issues surrounding his club two months away from spring training. Among them: * He has the mindset both Ike Davis and...
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Mets’ Manager Terry Collins Wants Players To Reveal Injuries
Ike Davis isn’t the first New York Met to withhold an injury from manager Terry Collins and won’t be the last. He’s just the latest, and his recent revelation he concealed an oblique injury last season...
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Good Idea To Ease In David Wright
There will be a David Wright sighting this afternoon for the New York Mets. Manager Terry Collins, referring to an oblique strain in previous springs, took the approach of easing Wright and Daniel...
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Alderson Answers Critical Questions About Wheeler
Mets GM Sandy Alderson answered several questions raised Monday following the announcement Zack Wheeler‘s MRI revealed a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow that would require Tommy John...
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Harvey Looks Ready
It was encouraging for us and the Mets to watch Matt Harvey mow down the Yankees this afternoon. It is cliché to say it was effortless, but it definitely looked as if he could go longer than the 5.2...
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What’s The Point Of Mets Announcing Partial Rotation?
What is it with the Mets that they can’t go all the way with certain things? Manager Terry Collins announced his rotation for the season-opening three-game series at Washington, but stopped there. How...
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With Urgent Questions Simmering, Why Still The Mystery With Gee?
Why do the Mets insist on going the mystery route when it comes to announcing roles in its pitching staff? When Zack Wheeler was lost for the season it was announced Dillon Gee would assume his spot in...
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We Will Know Mets’ True Feelings About Flores On Tuesday
It is a measure of how current GM Sandy Alderson – and the Mets’ brass in previous years – mislead fans that some of us are skeptical of the explanation given for the recent benching of shortstop...
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