As always with the Mets http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , it’s pitching."o Cubs recapsChicago Cubs minor leaguesChicago Cubs essaysChicago Cubs game threadsWrigley Field renovationsFull archiveLibrary Bleed Cubbie Blue Community GuidelinesCurrent time in ChicagoBCB Specials & Site InfoWinter 2019 music threadsCubs StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Cubs newsYahoo Cubs team pageYahoo Cubs reportYahoo Cubs depth chartYahoo Cubs transactionsYahoo Cubs photosOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁昁now your enemyKnow your enemy: New York MetsNew,8commentsAs always with the Mets, it’s pitching.CSTShareTweetShareShareKnow your enemy: New York MetsSteve Mitchell-USA TODAY SportsI’m sure you all remember the 2015 NLCS, when New York Mets starting pitchers dominated the Cubs in sweeping the series.Mets starters have gone through various stages of injury, illness and ineffectiveness since 2015, and now have had two straight losing seasons.So, as always, the key to Mets success is the starting rotation. It is, as it has for several years, still lead by Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard. deGrom http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , of course, had the best year of his career in 2018 and won the N.L. Cy Young Award. But he will turn 31 this year — he’s a year and a half older than Jose Quintana! — and replicating a season that good will be difficult. Sure, deGrom will be good, he just likely won’t be great again, and thus the Mets will have to depend on health from Syndergaard, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler for success.The one big deal the Mets made was taking on the remains of the Robinson Cano contract in exchange (essentially) for the remains of Jay Bruce’s contract. The key to that trade, though, was the Mets sending several prospects to the Mariners and acquiring closer Edwin Diaz, who led the big leagues in saves in 2018 and struck out 15.2 per nine innings.The Mets also reunited with former closer Jeurys Familia, who they sent to the Athletics for a couple of prospects last summer Eddie Rosario Jersey , as a free agent. The Mets should have a strong, deep bullpen to back up that rotation. Pitching will be a real strength for them.What they’ll get from Cano is anyone’s guess. He missed half of last year with a PED suspension, though he produced well in the 80 games he played. He’s 36 now with five years and $120 million left on his contract. I’d expect him to be a solid performer this year; down the road, who knows?The other significant Mets acquisition is catcher Wilson Ramos, who was also signed as a free agent. Ramos had a decent season split between the Rays and Phillies last year and should be a steadying agent on the Mets’ pitching staff.Yoenis Cespedes? Who knows?As I have noted throughout this article, the Mets will go as far as their pitching will take them.The Cubs will host the Mets June 20-21-22-23 at Wrigley Field, and will travel to Citi Field in New York August 27-28-29. Any joker can post links. Who can say that they went to Mandy again tonight (last night for you, dear reader)? One person here can. This guy. This was number six. Second time in the theater. It..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Royals Trade Rumors & Hot StoveRoyals Minor Leagues & ProspectsRoyals Review ClassicRoyals Review Users GuideThe 100 Greatest Royals Of All TimeRoyals RumblingsRoyals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2019New,176commentsESTShareTweetShareShareRoyals Rumblings - News for January 10 Robbie Grossman Jersey , 2019Kim Klement-USA TODAY SportsAny joker can post links. Who can say that they went to Mandy again tonight (last night for you, dear reader)? One person here can. This guy. This was number six. Second time in the theater. It was every bit as moving as every other time I’ve seen it. Jeffrey Flanagan writes about Danny Duffy wanting to get right this season, but what does it matter if you haven’t seen Mandy and therefore don’t understand true love?At RFR, Alex Duvall writes about something other than Mandy, this time postulating what Daniel Lynch’s 2019 should look like:Y’all have until the 28th of March to watch Mandy unencumbered by baseball:Wanna read about a George Brett cycle? Go here.Yeesh.At FanGraphs, Jeff Sullivan argues that someone should go out and trade for Will Smith.Bust out your 3-D glasses for these Mandy images.One can only assume the Cheddar Goblin lives at this big cheese mountain.Flat earthers are taking a cruise apparently not understanding how ships’ navigation systems work.Remember Universal’s Dark Universe that never went after The Mummy bombed? It’s director says it was every bit as disastrous as you’d think. They should have just kicked it all off with Mandy. You know it. You love it. Your song of the day.