Tag: Yoenis Cespedes

An Attempt At Rationality
I’m really going to try to look at this rationally. Sometimes, teams with bad records win. The Orioles did have…
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Screwed Until Further Notice
Things are getting better for the New York Mets. On Sunday, they lost in two hours and 30 minutes. That’s…
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Brass Ones
Updated:Before Thursday’s game, Sandy Alderson held a press conference to work on his comedy routine before he hits the circuit….
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Todd Frazier, Yoenis Cespedes Making Progress Towards Returns
The New York Mets snapped a two game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers last night,…
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The Cycle Of Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo has reached base eight straight times, including a homer, triple, double and single over four at-bats which spanned…
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Sending Yoenis Cespedes To The Disabled List Was Long Overdue
Updated:The New York Mets finally gave in to common sense this afternoon, placing outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 10 day…
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5/16/18 Game Preview: Toronto Blue Jays at New York Mets
Updated:Did you know that the Toronto Blue Jays have never beaten the Mets in Queens? Like, ever? Well after Tuesday…
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5/11/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
Updated:The prevailing wisdom for the New York Mets (18-17) this week was that a road trip to Cincinnati and Philadelphia…
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5/7/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds
Updated:A six game road trip may be a blessing in disguise for the seriously slumping New York Mets (17-15). The…
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Yoenis Cespedes Has Busted Out Of His Slump
Updated:Yoenis Cespedes has been the New York Mets’ most productive and frustrating hitter this season. While Cespedes leads the team…
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5/1/18 Game Preview: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
Updated:After a long road trip, the New York Mets (17-9) are finally back home. The Mets went just 4-5 on…
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New York Mets Set Themselves Up For 2018 Success With Strong April
Updated:Coming into the 2018 season, no one really knew what the New York Mets were capable of. The Mets certainly…
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Only one thing could spoil a 14-2 win, and that’s another injury to Yoenis Cespedes. Cespedes stole second in the…
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Other Than That Mrs. Lincoln, How Was The Play?
So let’s recap Jason Vargas’ night: Two runs on a Charlie Villanueva home run. Two runs on a misplayed fly…
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Nice Win, Noah … Be a Shame If Something Happened To It
Updated:These are the games that rip your heart out of your chest, throw it on the ground, and pee on…
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Dynamic (And Not So Dynamic) Duos
On June 18th, 2013, Zack Wheeler and Matt Harvey pitched on the same day … each starting one game of…
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Dr. Jekyll And Matt Harvey
On Friday night, the bullpen pitched six scoreless innings to steal a victory. On Saturday, the bullpen blew a 3-0…
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Yoenis Cespedes May Turn To Golf To Bust Out of Slump
The New York Mets are 14-5 to start the season, a remarkable accomplishment considering how little production they have gotten…
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Playing Nicely With Fire
Updated:It’s nice when you can throw out all the mental notes that you made to go back to when you’re…
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Grand night for Cespedes and Mets
Last night would have been great even without Yoenis Cespedes’ grand slam that gave the Mets a nine-run inning. Coming…
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Take Back The Eighth
Those old ghosts had taken a vacation for the first two weeks of the season. But as Steven Matz’s meatball…
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4/17/18 Game Preview: Washington Nationals at New York Mets
Updated:It was a party for the first seven innings last night for the New York Mets (12-3), who jumped out…
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The New York Mets Have Recent History to Uphold
Updated:Mickey Callaway‘s tenure as a big league manager couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start, right? The first-year…
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Nine Is A Gift
In the course of winning streaks, sometimes you need a little help along the way. Not just from all 25…
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It’s Tangible
I’ve never been one to wax poetic about titanic death struggles with the formerly Florida, formerly Miami, currently Scrub Island…
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Rabbit Trip
Updated:In front of 6,993 Mets fans and 10 Marlins fans (at least that’s what it sounded like), the Mets kept…
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Weaponized
Updated:It’s amazing to see how weapons are used in baseball, and how they get neutralized. First off, I have to…
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4/7/18 Game Preview: New York Mets at Washington Nationals
Updated:The Mets ruined the Washington Nationals home opener on Thursday. And it got me so giddy I’m all like “you…
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A Satisfying Three Course Meal
Updated:I make a lot of food references here, but Thursday’s Nationals home opener … that we ruined … was as…
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