The story before Monday night’s game in Atlanta was discerning what the hell Robinson Cano was doing in a Braves uniform, in the Braves lineup, in the Braves infield. Wasn’t Robinson Cano, having washed out with the San Diego Padres, an El Paso Chihuahua literally the day before? Did the surging Atlanta Braves really need […]
 
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 15 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adam Ottavino, Edwin Diaz, Jacob deGrom, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Psyche-Outs, Robinson Cano, The Odd Couple You can’t argue with the numbers. I mean you can, because somebody always wants to argue something, but you’d have to dig pretty deep for a debate let alone a dispute when the Mets are steaming along as they have thus far this young season. The Mets have won 16 of their first 23 games, a […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dom Smith, ESPN, Great Starts, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Max Scherzer, Robinson Cano, Rosters, Series Win, Streaks You cannot, in fact, win them all. To be clear, 15-7 with April in the books is pretty good — that’s a 110-win pace according to the dictates of not particularly advanced math. And it’s hard to get too sore about losing a day after watching a no-hitter, even if you’re a fan of a club […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bartolo Colon, Kyle Schwarber, Robinson Cano, Sean Reid-Foley, Steve Cohen, Taijuan Walker, Victor Zambrano Pitchers’ duels are one of the earliest tests of budding baseball fandom — dull to the casual observer who wants action and doesn’t get why those around him are oohing and aahing over hitters swinging and missing or just looking flustered at balls zipping from hurlers’ hands to places they weren’t expected to wind up. […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, Comebacks, Dom Smith, Giovanny Gallegos, Jeff McNeil, Joey Cora, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Miles Mikolas, Pitchers' Duels, Robinson Cano, Trevor May, Tyler O'Neill Nationals Park was a little dim, I heard over the car radio. The stadium bulbs weren’t firing as intended, so Friday night’s game wasn’t commencing when intended. Fine by me, having mistimed my errands and running late toward what I’d looked forward to both all day and since late November. Now I’d get to hear […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buck Showalter, Drew Smith, Francisco Lindor, Hit By Pitch, Howie Rose, Jeff McNeil, Light, Managing, Max Scherzer, Radio, Robinson Cano, Sean Reid-Foley, Seth Lugo, Starling Marte, Steve Cishek, Streaming, Wayne Randazzo Wait. Wait a little more. Wait just a little more. Now. Now you can have your Opening Day. I mean Opening Night. I mean Opening Night win. It’s yours. No strings. No hamstrings even, as far as we know. It arrived in our laps a little bruised, a little soggy and a little too late to […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Buck Showalter, Designated Hitter, Eduardo Escobar, Gambling, Hit By Pitch, Jerome Hruska, Long Waits, Mark Canha, Mets Opening Day, Mets Third Basemen, Nationals, Opening Day, Opening Night, Replay Review, Robinson Cano, Starling Marte, Travis Jankowski, Tylor Megill Hi again, Chasen Shreve — and you, too, Matt Reynolds and Johneshwy Fargas. The Mets decided to solve their lefthanded bullpen void by rewinding to 2020 and snatching up the perfectly capable Shreve, who by coming back after a season in Pittsburgh gets the chance to break free of his Silent Generation designation. May the […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brad Hand, Chasen Shreve, Chris Bassitt, Good Health, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Johneshwy Fargas, Jonathan Villar, Matt Reynolds, NL East Four-Timers Club, Pete Alonso, Recidivist Mets, Robert Gsellman, Robinson Cano, Safety, Schedules, Spring Training, Travis Jankowski We have it from a reliable source that Steve Cohen was not happy yesterday morning. He had never seen such unprofessional behavior exhibited by a player’s agent. He guessed words and promises didn’t matter. That was yesterday, Wednesday. Today is a new day, not only Thursday, but Thanksgiving Day. I hope Steve Cohen is happy this […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Loup, Antonio Santos, Happiness, Nick Plummer, Rob Martin, Robinson Cano, Steve Cohen, Steven Matz, Thanksgiving, Twitter I had come around on Robinson Cano in 2020, a man we learned Wednesday won’t be a Met in 2021. I had come to not automatically grimace at the sight or thought of him in a Mets uniform. I even got over my distaste for No. 24 being taken out of informal retirement on his […] So Seth Lugo faced the Phillies last week and let’s just say it didn’t go well. Lugo got strafed. He started out the game fanning Andrew McCutchen, but then gave up back-to-back-to-back homers, also yielding a triple and a run-scoring single in the inning while fanning two more. Can you strike out the side and have […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blake Snell, Guillermo Heredia, Luis Guillorme, Pete Alonso, Robinson Cano, Seth Lugo, Todd Frazier |
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