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Top Ten Mets’ Issues Heading Into Spring Training
With spring training five weeks away, and a major storm due in two days, what better time to examine the top ten issues facing the Mets? Some projections have the Mets breezing back to the World...
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If Harvey Is Up For Deal, Mets Should Talk
Until today, the most definitive theory about the Mets signing Matt Harvey to a long-term contract extension was the prevailing belief his agent Scott Boras would play the market and hold out for the...
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Tejada Should Move On From Utley Play
Ruben Tejada is already in Port St. Lucie, but his mind isn’t there. His mind is nearly 3,000 miles to the west, in particular Los Angeles. Specifically, he’s back on Dodger Stadium lying in the dirt...
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DeGrom: Winning World Series The Goal For Mets
How can you not like Jacob deGrom? Not only is he good at what he does, but he’s also not afraid to show us he has true “Met colors.’’ DeGROM: World Series or bust. (GETTY) He was the first of the...
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All About Cespedes Today
There’s been nothing but good signs for the Mets in the opening days of spring training, and Sunday was no exception with the early arrival of Yoenis Cespedes three days ahead of schedule for position...
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Hypothetical Terry Collins Address To Mets
By all accounts, Mets’ manager Terry Collins‘ address to his players today was positive with him stressing the expectations will be higher this season and they should embrace being the hunted. Using...
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Not Worried About Wright Not Playing
David Wright isn’t in the Mets’ lineup today and won’t be tomorrow. He’s not expected to play until next week at the earliest and reportedly won’t play more than a dozen games all spring. One thing for...
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Mets’ Depth Will Come To Play Early
Depth was to be a Mets’ strong point this year, and it will come into play a lot earlier than anticipated with shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera expected to miss the start of the season with a strained...
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Vegas Should Be The Place For Plawecki
The Mets finally acknowledged what they probably should have all along and that’s catcher Kevin Plawecki – projected as a back-up to Travis d’Arnaud – might begin the season at Triple-A Las Vegas....
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The Mets continue to handle David Wright with kid gloves, which is the only way to go. Wright, who has yet to play in an exhibition game this spring, singled in five at-bats in a minor-league...
View ArticleMatz Putting It Together At Right Time
The one pitching Met I was most concerned with appears to have pulled it together, and that’s Steven Matz, who pitched five hitless innings in an 8-1 rout of the Cubs that snapped a 14-game winless...
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Mets Wrap: Harvey Not Sharp, But Wins
The answer was an empathic NO, Matt Harvey did not find it. Regardless of how Friday night’s game would turn out, the main storyline for the Mets was going to be Harvey, and whether he could avoid...
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Will We See D’Arnaud Again?
ESPN’s Adam Rubin reports Travis d’Arnaud is in California rehabbing his right shoulder with a private trainer, which makes me wonder if we’ll ever see him in a Mets’ uniform again, much less develop...
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There Should Be No Rush On Wheeler’s Return
Zack Wheeler’s return from around July 1 to after the All-Star break is now sometime in early August. Wheeler long-tossed at 90 feet Monday in Port St. Lucie for the first time since getting a...
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Three Mets’ Storylines: Harvey Injury Overshadows DeGrom
What many speculated all season finally surfaced in a bad way after Wednesday’s 4-2 victory over Miami with the news Matt Harvey was placed on the 15-day DL with shoulder discomfort. Harvey will be...
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Three Mets’ Storylines: Robles Loses It For Matz
The Mets still haven’t won back-to-back games since before the All-Star break. This time, the fault goes to Hansel Robles for kicking away another winnable effort by Steven Matz. MATZ: Effort...
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Ten Things To Happen For Mets To Turn It Around
It’s a logical question: Have the Mets survived the undertow that was dragging their season out to sea After consecutive well-pitched games – and they were sterling efforts – from Jacob deGrom and...
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Three Mets’ Storylines: Colon Rocked Hard
Bartolo Colon usually gives the Mets a chance to win. Not so Monday night in Arizona, when thanks to an error by third baseman T.J. Rivera to start the game, the Mets fell into a three-run hole they...
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The Mets Should Explore Six-Man Rotation For 2017
This won’t be a popular suggestion with the Mets’ starters, but with everybody in the rotation having been shelved at one time or another with an injury – save Bartolo Colon – perhaps it might be time...
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Three Mets’ Storylines: Makeshift Starter Saves Day … Again
When the final chapter of the 2016 Mets is written, it will be about pitching. The central theme will be about those lost and those who stepped into the breach. With Jacob deGrom scratched from...
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