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New York Mets Self-Destructed Their Premier Strong Suit Thanks to Lack of Foresight

Sep 24, 2020

Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions

Starting pitching has been the New York Mets' identity for the better part of the last decade. That energy has vanished: they self-destructed their premier strong suit. The Mets went into 2019 with one of th...

Eight Bold Predictions for the 2020 MLB Season

Robbie Stratakos

Jul 23, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2020 Major League Baseball season will be unlike anything we've ever seen: a 60-game regular season with no fans, no extended playoffs, and 66.7 percent of games being divisional affairs. Here are eight bol...

Rotation Consistency Will Make or Break the 2020 New York Mets

Robbie Stratakos

Feb 22, 2020

Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions

If the New York Mets are going to break through next season, they need their starting rotation to be consistently stellar. On the surface, the Mets have one of the best starting rotations in Major League Bas...

Callaway, Vargas Explode at Reporter as Mets’ Implosion Continues

Jason Kelly

Jun 24, 2019

Headlines, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions

The New York Mets are in the midst of a midseason free fall, having lost seven of their last 11 games and falling nine games out of first place in the National League East. Tensions and frustrations have bee...

Jacob deGrom for Cy Young? Scratch That, Give Him the MVP

Tom Dorsa

Sep 6, 2018

New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions

Awarding the Most Valuable Player Award to a pitcher has always been a controversial proposition. Only twice in the current decade has a pitcher won either of Major League Baseball's two annual MVP Awards, with...

The New York Mets Should Give Jacob deGrom a Five-Year Extension

Robbie Stratakos

Jul 22, 2018

New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions

Jacob deGrom has made a fair proposal to the New York Mets: Extend me or trade me. And the Mets should do what's in the best interest of deGrom and their organization, and that is to extend the All-Star righty ...

The Scully Avenue Podcast Episode 103: Max Muncy, Clayton Kershaw, and Other Dodgers Talk

Jeff J. Snider

Jun 28, 2018

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Podcasts & Radio Shows

The Scully Avenue Podcast (@ScullyAve on Twitter) is hosted by Jeff Snider of Baseball Essential and Vince Samperio of Chavez Ravine Fiends. On today's episode, Jeff and Vince answered the following Los Angeles...

Jacob DeGrom and Tough-Luck Pitchers From Seasons Past

Jeff J. Snider

Jun 5, 2018

Baseball History, Features, New York Mets

Jacob deGrom is currently 4-0, which, if you care about pitcher win/loss records, is pretty good. Of course, that 4-0 record comes in 12 starts, leaving him with eight no-decisions. In those eight games, the Ne...

Mets’ Callaway Boasts About Staff: ‘Best Group of Arms I’ve Ever Seen’

Griffin Fabits

Feb 14, 2018

Headlines, New York Mets

Mickey Callaway was a highly-touted managerial candidate heading into the offseason, and the New York Mets were the ultimate winners of that sweepstake when they hired him in October. Reporting to his first ...

Who Is Able To Defeat Jake Arrieta?

Nick Schaeflein

Jun 3, 2016

Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central

Is anyone able to defeat Jake Arrieta? If you follow the Chicago Cubs, after Arrieta's start Tuesday night, you may be aware that one streak did come to an end. After 23 straight starts in which Arrieta took th...

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