Tag: Rafael Montero

Quiet, Jon Heyman is Sleuthing
I never know what to make of these reports. Reports say something, and then two weeks later somebody says the…
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An Arrow Through Our Hearts
The beauty of baseball is that you can go to thousands of games and see something you’ve never seen before….
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8/24/17 Game Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets
The New York Mets (55-70) finally managed to pick up a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks (69-58) last night. The…
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I Hear The Voices
I’ve said this once before. General managers, managers, coaches … they get fired after series like this. They didn’t get…
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R Train To Hell
I wanted to say that Terry Collins was at fault for using Hansel Robles for a second inning of work….
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8/14/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at New York Yankees
The New York Mets (53-62) are back in the city after having a successful weekend in Philadelphia, winning three out…
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8/3/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Colorado Rockies
The New York Mets (49-56) picked up a nice win last night, coming back for a 10-5 win over the…
Read more »Happy Returns
Friday night featured a couple of returns: Michael Conforto to his home region in Seattle, and Neil Walker to the…
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7/28/17 Game Preview: New York Mets at Seattle Mariners
The New York Mets (47-53) began their sell off yesterday when they shipped first baseman Lucas Duda to the Tampa…
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It Should Rain Harder On Sundays
Give it to the Mets: They tried to get a game rained out for a drizzle. Who could blame them?…
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7/23/17 Game Preview: Oakland A’s At New York Mets
The New York Mets (45-50) sure have found interesting ways to win games on this homestand. Two days after winning…
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7/18/17 Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
After looking like they were about to turn the corner, the New York Mets (41-49) fell flat on their faces…
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A Big Top for Aaron Altherr’s Circus
Two years to the day of Terry Collins suggesting human sacrifice as a way to get out of the dog…
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7/2/17 Game Preview: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets
The schedule has been weak, but the New York Mets (38-42) have taken full advantage of playing mediocre competition. The…
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San Francisco’s Soft Landing
The Mets have bounced back nicely from their debacle in Los Angeles by completing a sweep of the awful San…
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As Long As Jacob Doesn’t Request a Trade …
Updated:Don’t worry, we’ll touch on Asdrubal Cabrera. But lost in that whole mess is that the Astros have declared interest…
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Authorization To Tap Dance
There was something not right with Terry Collins’ pre-game newser. A day after he told us that he wasn’t at liberty…
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Why Baseball Gods Get Pissed: A Vade Mecum
It used to be that when the Mets gave Matt Harvey a 2-0 lead before he ever throws a pitch,…
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The Bailout
I was fine with Rafael Montero starting on Friday. Look, his career numbers as a starter haven’t been great, but his…
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The Band Is Dissolved
We all know about the Mets’ struggles this season with their batting average. The one portion of the set list…
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Jose Reyes Wobbles And The Ball Falls Down
It was all going so swimmingly. The Mets had a 2-1 lead over the Phillies at Citi Field. Zack Wheeler…
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Infuriatingly and Frustratingly Beautiful
It’s what makes baseball infuriatingly beautiful, right? Thursday night, the Mets win a game they have no business winning. Then…
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Mascots Tell No Tales
This has been an annoying weekend. First you had Saturday, where it had become abundantly clear that while the top…
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Old Fashioned
This was always going to be a game with a little extra energy with Bartolo Colon coming back to the…
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And It Begins
+–cd=-0p going so well too. Jacob deGrom was throwing at full capacity. Matt Harvey was hitting mid-90’s. Even Travis d’Arnaud…
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Bullpen Potpourri
There was a baseball game in between Tim Tebow sound bites on Monday. And in that baseball games, the results…
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Intangibly Overreacting
It’s always a challenge for us as a species to not overreact to the first game of spring training. Especially…
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