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Thoughts On Today's Mets 6-0 Win

... the start of the game at Citi Field in Queens. Monday, April 3, 2017. Kevin R. Wexler/North __link__. Jacob de Grom and the Mets are introduced before the start of the game at Citi Field. Monday, April 3, 2017. Kevin R. Wexler/North __link__. Braves Manager, Brian Snitker and Mets Manager, Terry Collins shake hands near home plate before the first pitch. Monday, April 3, 2017. Kevin R. Wexler/North __link__. Jose Reyes of the Mets high fives his teammates before on opening day at Citi Field in Queens. Monday, April 3, 2017. Kevin R. Wexler/North __link__. (corrected caption) Noah Syndergaard pitches in the top of the second inning. Monday, April 3, 2017. Kevin R. Wexler/North __link__. Dansby Swanson of the Braves can't not hold onto the ball as Asdrubal Cabrera of the Mets steals second base in the first inning. Monday, April 3, 2017. Kevin R. Wexler/North __link__. Noah Syndergaard tosses the ball to first base after fielding a weak ground ball by Dansby Swanson (not shown) of the Braves. Monday, April 3, 2017. Kevin R. ...

Sny Hosts Make Their Bold Predictions For Mets’ New Season

... and Strawberry before him. Cohen: I think he’s poised for a monstrous year. Your browser does not support iframes. Q: 40 home runs. Cohen: I think that’s certainly possible. Q: 40 home runs. Darling: The ballpark’s big, so he’s not gonna get any cheapies. Yeah, 30-40 is where he’s gonna be, but I think more importantly, if the Mets’ offense is running the way it can, I would expect him to be in the 125-RBI range. Q: David Wright. Darling: Whatever you get, you just kind of enjoy. That’s what you are with David Wright now. It’s kind of a shame that as the team has gotten so good, that he wouldn’t be a bigger part of it. Q: What is this team’s main weakness. Cohen: Right now, when you look at this team, they’ve got a certain level of fragility. … If they can keep their front-line people on the field this year, the sky is the limit for this team. Q: Does ...

New York Now Has More Mets Fans Than Yankees Fans

... to the Yankees in 2007. Other times, fans are asked who their favorite baseball team is overall. (That is, fans can choose teams besides the Mets and Yankees.) And in four surveys, Quinnipiac asked both versions of the question. YANKEES ARE FAVORITE …. The Mets are more popular when they’re pitted against the Yankees. Among New York City baseball fans. Source: Quinnipiac University. The Mets do much better when baseball fans are forced to choose between the Mets and the Yankees. While the Yankees lose a statistically insignificant 1 percentage point of support on average, the Mets pick up 10 points of support. This seems to confirm the finding of a nonscientific Reddit poll from three years ago that found the Yankees were the most hated team among baseball fans. In other words, non-Yankee and non-Met fans may pick the Mets when forced to choose between the two of them, simply because they dislike the Yankees more. This year, though, the Mets beat the Yankees on the open-ended version of the question — the version ...

Can Mets' Fab Five Top Charts In 2017

... remove bone chips and he's out for at least the first three weeks of the season with another elbow issue. Harvey had a career-worst 4.86 ERA in 17 starts. He underwent surgery in July for thoracic outlet syndrome. Zack Wheeler made one minor-league rehab start after returning from March 2015 Tommy John surgery. Robert Gsellman will fill in for Matz for now. Gsellman made 27 starts last season, including seven with the Mets. He too had surgery, though it wasn't on his throwing arm - it was on his left shoulder, allowing him to swing a bat after not doing so with the Mets last season. Will the Fab Five top the charts. Despite the injuries and shaky 2016 results, the projected rotation - this time dubbed the "Fab Five" - is a subject of conversation yet again. Each pitcher is under team control through at least 2018. Let's call this the ...

Wilmer Flores Helps Spark Rally For Mets In Game-changing Play

... control" in the seventh inning after Wilmer Flores was initially called out on a tag at the plate. Mets skipper Terry Collins challenged the ruling on the field, and moments later the umpire crew overturned the call which resulted in the Mets' first of six runs in the frame. Flores was on second and Jose Reyes on first when Asdrubal Cabrera ripped a one-out single to center in the seventh. Flores charged around third and came home, but Braves center fielder Ender Inciarte threw a perfect bullet that Flowers caught on a short hop before applying the tag to Flores. Home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg signaled out, but Collins challenged and the call was reversed. In one video of Inciarte that went viral on Twitter, he appeared to be mouthing his surprise that Flowers was playing behind the plate, but Inciarte said after the game that Flores "had a good ...

Mets Thinking Big Entering 2017

... time in franchise history. “This entire team has come together and we all have that mentality we know we can win a World Series,” Mets left field Yoenis Cespedes said through a translator recently during spring training. “I think we are going to approach the season by taking it one game at a time, day by day.”. Opening day lineups for Mets-Braves. Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson had the chance to make changes to the roster this offseason and bring in fresh faces, but the 2016 team impressed so much in the face of adversity that no outside additions were made. Each player on the Mets’ roster Monday against Atlanta was with the organization last year. That confidence in the roster stems from the team finishing 87-75 despite suffering a seemingly never-ending barrage of injuries, and claiming the first Wild Card spot. Seven of the team’s nine Opening Day roster in 2016 landed on the disabled list at some point last year, and three of the starting pitchers were lost of the season. Despite all that adversity, the Mets made up ground in the Wild Card face to give themselves a chance to defend their NL crown. “We learned a lot about the makeup of ...

Mets Morning News For April 2, 2017

... ready for it. The Opening Day lineup has already been announced. As of now, this is Terry Collins’s last season under contract with the Mets, but you can bet your butt he’s ready for it (he didn’t use the word butt ). Rafael Montero got a spot on the Opening Day roster, as Seth Lugo gets ready for an MRI. David Wright does not have a spot on the team due to his health, and he says that’s really bothering him. Some of the Mets’ young starters discussed the tantalizing possibility of a “five aces” rotation. Around the NL East. The Braves are looking to play spoiler on Opening Day. Talking Chop doesn’t seem too optimistic about their season. Meanwhile, Fish Stripes is getting Marlins fans ready for the year with some bold predictions. Their first game is Monday in Washington. In a surprising move, the Nationals have opted to not have Max Scherzer start a game in that opening series against Miami. He’ll instead pitch their fourth game of the year against Philadelphia. The Phillies start their season in Cincinnati, but the days leading up the season have had a somber tone. The man who led ...

Mets Bullpen Proves It Can Be Force Without Jeurys Familia

... in a scoreless ninth. After allowing a leadoff single and double, he caught Nick Markakis looking and induced a 1-3-6 game-ending double play from Brandon Phillips. Robert Gsellman Paul J. Bereswill. “They did a great job coming in the game, Robles and Salas and finish with Gsellman. They did a great job at knowing the situation, throwing strikes and getting outs. That’s all we want,” catcher Rene Rivera said. “They know their role; they know they have to come in and throw strikes. If you throw strikes no matter how hard you throw — 88 or 97 [mph] — you throw strikes you’re going to get outs.”. Those roles have changed, with Salas being forced into the eighth-inning job, and Addison Reed being asked to fill Familia’s cleats as the closer. “We understand the situation, Familia. I don’t know what happened, but for us, Reed is the closer now,” Salas said. “We’re ready for whatever situation Terry says. You never know ...