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Remembering Mets Opening Days (2019) Jacob deGrom Starts His Second Straight Cy Young Season & Pete Alonso's MLB Debut

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 The 2019 Mets were coming off a fourth-place finish (77-85) in manager Mickey Callaway's second season as skipper. The Mets entered the season with the NL Cy Young Award winner, Jecob deGrom. deGrom had led the NL in ERA (1.70) going 10-9 on a team that didn't supply him much offense. He struck out 269 batters (2nd in the NL) in 217 innings. This season the Mets brought up Pete Alonso who would win the Rookie of the Year Award, break the Rookie HR record hitting 56 HRs& driving in 120 RBIs becoming the new star of the team. In today's Opening Day game Pete made his MLB debut. In the off season the Mets added All Star closer Edwin Diaz from Seattle & Robinson Cano for  second base.  Diaz had led the AL in saves (57) & appearances (65) posting a 1.96 ERA striking out 124 batters  in just 73.1 innings. Cano was coming off a year where he was suspended for 80 games for violating MLB's drug policy. He had batted .303 with 10 HRs in 80 games. The Mets also add...
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Tom Glavine: Hall of Fame / 305 Game Winning Pitcher (The Mets Years: 2003 - 2008)

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Thomas Michael Glavine was born on March 25th, 1966 in Concord, Massachusetts. The six foot left handed pitcher was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1884 draft. He was the winningest pitcher of the 1990's, winning twenty games or more five times. He won two Cy Young Awards, led the NL in wins five times, led the NL in starts six times & complete games & shut outs one time each.  Glavine was selected to eight All Star teams, won a World Series & five pennants with the Braves. Glavine was also a Player Union Representative since 1991 replacing the Braves Dale Murphy in that position. Glavine was an excellent control pitcher, with the ability to fool hitters by changing speeds & location of his pitches often during an at bat. He was also a good hitting pitcher with a career .186 batting average, one HR 25 doubles, two triples, 93 runs scored & 90 RBIs.  Disagreement With Atlanta: He began to fall off in the second par...
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Remembering Mets History (2023) Brandon Nimmo's Multi-Three RBI Game Leads the Opening Day Win in South Florida

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Thursday March 30th, 2023: In 2022 Buck Schowalter's Mets had won 101 games but a late season collapse had them fall out of first place. Although they made the playoffs as a wild card, they were quickly eliminated in the NLWC series ending the year in disappointment. The Mets began the 2023 season in South Florida, taking on Skip Schumaker's Florida Marlins.  2023 Marlins: The Marlins surprised everyone that season winning  84 games (84-78) finishing ahead of the disappointing Mets making a wild card playoff berth, losing to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Marlins offense was led by NL batting leader Luis Arraez (.354) & Jorge Soler who hit 36 HRs. The young pitching staff featured Sandy Alcantara who tossed three complete games, Jesus Luzardo, Braxton Garrett, A.J. Puk & Tanner Scott. After winning three of the first four games in Florida, 2023 quickly become a nightmare for the Mets, as they would finish 75-87 in fourth place. First Edwin Diaz had injured himself fo...
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