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Split Decision

By : Mike Rifkin In what was one of the biggest series of the first half of the Major League Baseball season the Mets and Dodgers series lived up to they hype this weekend. The two best teams in the National League split a great four game series in Los Angeles. On Thursday Tony GonsolinContinue reading “Split Decision”

Heavyweight Battle

By : Mike Rifkin On Thursday night the two best teams in the National League will begin a four game series as the New York Mets will travel to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers. In 2021 The Dodgers took six of the seven meetings. The Mets are coming into LA hot, after sweeping aContinue reading “Heavyweight Battle”

Extending Brandon Nimmo

By Mark Halpern and Mike Rifkin The New York Mets currently sit in first place in the National League East. One of the things the Mets had going for them going into the offseason was that they had figured out part of their core going forward However there is a player who has the greatestContinue reading “Extending Brandon Nimmo”

A Blow To The Max

By : Mike Rifkin Mets pitcher Max Scherzer pulled himself out of his start on Wednesday. On Thursday the club announced that Scherzer has a strained oblique and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks. On top of the fact that ace Jacob DeGrom has yet to throw a pitch this season, although theContinue reading “A Blow To The Max”

Comeback Complete

By : Mike Rifkin and Mark Halpern On Thursday night the New York Mets scored seven runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7. It was the largest ninth inning rally for the Mets in 25 years. The rally was started and ended by Starling Marte, who singled to start the ninthContinue reading “Comeback Complete “

Meet The Me-gill

By: Mike Rifkin On Sunday the New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2. Once again Tylor Megill was excellent in the start going 6.⅔ innings giving up two runs on five hits and seven strikeouts, Megill threw 92 pitches and 65 were strikes. Megill in four starts so far is 3-0 with a 2.35Continue reading “Meet The Me-gill”

New Faces Shining Bright In Queens

By : Mike Rifkin Currently the New York Mets own the best record in MLB at 9-3. Yesterday the Mets swept a doubleheader from the San Francisco Giants and a big reason why is the new guys they brought in during the offseason. In game two of the doubleheader Max Scherzer made his Citi FieldContinue reading “New Faces Shining Bright In Queens”

METS LINEUP FULL OF SURPRISES

By Mark Halpern The New York Mets have had a great rotation to start the season (Please Read Mike Rifken’s recent post on our blogs that covers this), but the Mets lineup has been burning and turning. Usually throughout the first two weeks of the season you see lopsided stats cause some teams take longerContinue reading “METS LINEUP FULL OF SURPRISES”

Starting Strong

By: Mike Rifkin On Sunday David Peterson gave the Mets 4.1 innings of shutout baseball. The 4.1 shutout innings lowered the Mets starters ERA to a staggering 1.07 through 10 games. Peterson was making the start for Taijuan Walker who got hurt in his last start and manager Buck Showalter said he expects Walker toContinue reading “Starting Strong”

Quest For Perfection

By : Mike Rifkin Wednesday afternoon future Hall Of Famer Clayton Kershaw was pulled from his first start of the season after seven perfect innings and only threw 80 pitches against the Minnesota Twins. There have been 23 perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball with the last one by Felix Hernandez ofContinue reading “Quest For Perfection”