#Mets’ Jacob deGrom is a must-see baseball giant

#Mets’ Jacob deGrom is a must-see baseball giant

“#Mets’ Jacob deGrom is a must-see baseball giant” All-time greatness touches down on this star-crossed franchise every five or six days. If you can’t appreciate what Jacob deGrom is doing here in 2021, very much including the strikeouts by the dozen, then baseball just isn’t your sport. Baseball’s best pitcher — its best player, period?…

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#Jacob deGrom didn’t second guess his early Mets exit

#Jacob deGrom didn’t second guess his early Mets exit

“#Jacob deGrom didn’t second guess his early Mets exit” PHILADELPHIA — Ultimately, the four extra days of rest following the postponements in Washington led manager Luis Rojas to pull his ace early Monday. Jacob deGrom was finished after six shutout innings and 77 pitches against the Phillies. “If that was [last] Thursday and I’m on…

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#How Mets are coping with this COVID-19 layoff

#How Mets are coping with this COVID-19 layoff

“#How Mets are coping with this COVID-19 layoff” There isn’t a silver lining. Luis Rojas was presented the question in multiple forms Saturday, but the Mets manager couldn’t find much good to come from the four-day layoff in which his team was entrenched after MLB postponed the opening series in Washington for safety reasons, with…

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#Mets’ fifth starter battle starting to come into focus

#Mets’ fifth starter battle starting to come into focus

“#Mets’ fifth starter battle starting to come into focus” JUPITER, Fla. — The battle for the fifth spot in the Mets rotation narrowed Wednesday, with two candidates removed from the competition. Jordan Yamamoto and Corey Oswalt both departed major league camp, ending their candidacies to begin the season. Yamamoto was optioned to the Triple-A roster,…

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#Dominic Smith blasts homer in second spring training game

#Dominic Smith blasts homer in second spring training game

“#Dominic Smith blasts homer in second spring training game” Observations from the Mets’ spring training game on Saturday: Dom’s doings Dominic Smith, in his second start of the spring, blasted a solo homer in the fourth inning of the Mets’ 6-1 exhibition victory over the Astros in West Palm Beach, Fla. Not yet Francisco Lindor…

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#Six-man rotation could be in play

#Six-man rotation could be in play

“#Six-man rotation could be in play” As the Mets explore possibilities to manage workloads for starting pitchers this season, a six-man rotation could be in play. In discussing his rotation Friday, manager Luis Rojas said team officials may contemplate in spring training whether a “five or a six” is needed. But he said those discussions…

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