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In the two seasons where the Mets won the World Series, they employed co-closers, with McGraw and Taylor in ’69 and McDowell and Orosco in ’86.

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Diving into the Mets' history with closers
The Mets have had pretty good closers throughout the years.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Fleer commissioned Laughlin to recreate his work and in 1970, there was a new Fleer baseball card set, in full color. There were 10 World Series cards in each pack, which retailed for 10 cents.

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Mets Card of the Week: 1969 World Series
1970 FLEER WORLD SERIES METS-ORIOLES
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November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The Mets were comfortably above average in innings from their starters in both 2023 and 2024. Last year they were woefully below average, which probably doesn’t surprise anyone reading this.

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A realistic expectation for starting pitchers in our current environment
We need to have realistic goals in life.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Among hitters, 21 of the 30 look less than good, a 70% bust rate. And it might creep higher, depending upon how Nimmo, Springer and Turner wind up their deals.

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Examining the $100 million-plus deals for players on the wrong side of 30
On Monday, there was a spirited back-and-forth with long-time reader and commenter 1999 on the history of contracts, specifically long-term deals in regards to the speculated $200 million that Munetak...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Ultimately, what’s sadder – seeing a favorite player leave in free agency or watching his decline and lamenting the anchor that his contract has become?

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On breaking the bank for a Pete Alonso extension
Well, it’s time to address the elephant in the room.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Maybe the shoulder injury ruined Conforto. Or perhaps what we saw was a somewhat normal decline from the 122 OPS+ in 2018 and 127 OPS+ in 2019 that Conforto produced without an inflated BABIP.

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Revisiting Michael Conforto's career and his .412 BABIP in 2020
From 2017-2020, Michael Conforto was one of the most productive Mets.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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So, here’s an idea that has zero chance of happening in reality. But use it as a thought exercise, instead. Who says no if their mutual agent proposes to the Mets and Phillies that they do a Nimmo-Bryce Harper swap?

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A Brandon Nimmo trade proposal; which side says no?
You hear grumblings from certain sections of the fan base that the Mets should look to trade Brandon Nimmo. He’s no longer the player he once was, one whose calling card was an impeccable eye at the p...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Schwarber, is coming off his best year ever versus LHP. In 276 PA versus lefties, he had a .252/.366/.598 line. Even prior to ’25, Schwarber was not an easy out for southpaws, as he had a .739 OPS with a .181 ISO.

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The Mets and shopping for lefty batters in the offseason
One thing David Stearns and the front office has to consider when assembling next year’s team is if the club’s offense is too heavy with lefty hitters.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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It's become fashionable to criticize David Stearns for the way he built the starting rotation in 2025. How much of that criticism is valid, when six of the eight preferred starters hit the IL for extended stretches?

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Defending David Stearns' original plan with the starting pitching for 2025
There was a vocal minority of fans who thought, before the season started, that the pitching for the 2025 Mets wasn’t good enough, specifically the starting pitching.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The 2025 Opening Day roster had 19 players who played for the team in 2024, along with several others who opened the season on the IL. Should they look to duplicate that number in 2026?

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The Mets' Opening Day roster and 'bringing back the band'
The Mets are facing the likelihood of two of their stars – Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz – opting out of their contracts.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Here are grades for the 24 players to amass at least 100 PA or 50 IP, plus the manager and PoBO.

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Final grades for the 2025 Mets
Here are the final grades for the unexpectedly lousy 2025 season for the Mets.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Since July 21, Alvarez has a .286/.370/.598 line, which is a 169 wRC+. In just 38 games, Alvarez has amassed 1.5 fWAR, which if extrapolated out to a normal catcher’s workload would be in the 5-WAR territory.

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Francisco Alvarez channels Mike Piazza with his play since returning from demotion
Right now, the Mets’ quest to make the playoffs overshadows most everything.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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McLean is 4-1 with a 1.27 ERA. He’s got a 3.29 K/BB ratio, with 46 Ks in 42.2 IP. McLean has a 1.4 fWAR and a 2.1 rWAR, his rWAR is higher due to the use of runs allowed as the base pitching input, compared to fWAR using FIP.

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How the Mets' massive pitching injuries and under-performance led to Nolan McLean
A top-heavy starting rotation led the 2024 Mets to receive 892.2 IP from their starters, good for fifth in the majors.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Siri can’t hit. He had one unsustainable six-week hot streak in 2023, where he hit 13 HR in 130 PA and had a .908 OPS. But from July 1, 2023 thru the end of last season, Siri had a .194/.252/.384 line in 622 PA.

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The move for which David Stearns never receives criticism
David Stearns comes under a lot of scrutiny for his moves that didn’t work out, which is certainly understandable given the team’s slide since the middle of June.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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From 8/10-9/2, the Mets scored 165 runs in 22 games and won by scores of 12-7, 19-9 and 10-8. They averaged 7.5 runs per game in that span and they’ll need something similar here down the stretch.

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A hot August masks the Mets' hitting woes
The team had a .369 AVG with runners in scoring position in a 30-game span
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September 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Who would have thought it was possible that the Mets' playoff rotation could feature three rookie starters?

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The Mets' challenge in assembling a playoff rotation
How will the veteran-lovers react if three rookies make the cut?
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September 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Actual results – Soto has a 4.71 WPA, the best mark on the Mets and well above Pete Alonso’s 3.38 WPA, the second-best mark on the team. Also, RE24, with Soto having a 46.71 mark compared to Alonso’s 25.34 in the category.

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Juan Soto and looking for reasons to be upset
Since the beginning of August, Juan Soto has 12 HR and 12 SB, giving him 37 homers and 27 steals on the season.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Kodai Senga clinched his move to the pen with Sunday's lousy start. Will Sean Manaea do the same Monday afternoon?

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Forget Godot, Mets fans waiting on good Sean Manaea
May this not be a story around the absurdity of hope
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September 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Clay Holmes has a 4.32 ERA in 25 IP this month and fans are scheming ways to move him to the pen. Yet Sean Manaea has a 7.13 ERA in 24 IP here in August and people look the other way...

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Mets' main starting pitchers floundering here in August
Rightfully so, everyone is over the moon about the performance of the rookie starters and the offense here in August.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Which team has had 21 different players on the IL, along with 11 different players on the 60-day IL?

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Comparing the injury situations for the Braves and Mets
If you acquired a starting pitcher who in a six-year period before you got him had averaged just under 14 starts per year – would you be surprised that he ended up on the IL?
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August 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Combine McNeil’s second half of last year, with what he’s done so far here in 2025, we get the following line: 132 G, 496 PA, .269/.358/.487 and a 136 wRC+. He’s been 36% better than a league-average hitter in that span.

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Who's the Mets' best 2B in franchise history?
Hint: You're watching him in 2025
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August 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The Mets have 33 HR and 72 XBH in 19 games here in August.

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Mets enjoy a power renaissance here in August
The average MLB team this year has a .158 ISO, which as you know is SLG-AVG.
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August 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The 1973 Mets, who made the World Series, had 85 HR and 27 SB as a team. The 2025 Mets have 159 HR and 98 SB with 39 games still to play.

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The hot and cold of Gregory Soto and Cedric Mullins, Clay Holmes' struggles and the good times with HR and SB
The Mets added three relievers in July near the deadline and while all of them seemed to be strong additions, my opinion was that Gregory Soto was the best acquisition of the bunch when you considered...
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August 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Brett Baty has changed the narrative on his career here in 2025
Brett Baty came into 2025 having failed in his MLB stints in both 2023 and 2024.
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August 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Steve Cohen famously said, "Hope is not a strategy." So why are the Mets hoping Mullins and Marte can hit like they did 3-4 years ago?

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How long should Cedric Mullins and Starling Marte remain starters?
The Cedric Mullins deal made very little sense to me at the time.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM