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If a pitcher decides to pitch the Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt up in the strike zone, he's doing so at a high risk. The image above shows the two pitches on which Goldschmidt homered on Friday. The image at the bottom of this story shows...

Illustration by Will Cohen, ESPN Stats & InformationMariano Rivera is still the same old productive Rivera that he was prior to his knee injury. He just has a different way of going about it. Pitch selection and velocity Rivera has alway...

There are a lot of instances in baseball in which we would say: The young guy can learn from the veteran. Tonight might be a good example of one in which the vet can learn from the younger guy. What we're referring to is how CC Sabathia brings ...

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY SportsTorii Hunter's hitting game plan is working very, very well. Over the final 2 1/2 months of the 2012 season, Torii Hunter had the kind of breakthrough that a major league hitter of any caliber rarely goes through. ...

This was another rough one, as the Mets lost three straight at home to the Pirates in the same season for the first time since 2004. Here's a look at some of the more notable stats to come from the weekend: Baxter ... again Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter...

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Bobby Parnell has pitched only 15 innings this season, but thanks to some good timing, his numbers are almost identical on the surface with those of Mets ace Matt Harvey -- 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA. Matt Harvey & Bobby Parnell 2013 Season ...

AP PhotoThe 2012 Cy Young winners, David Price (left) and R.A. Dickey, are a combined 3-8 with a 5.82 ERA.Last season's Cy Young winners, David Price and R.A. Dickey, are scheduled to start Thursday night when the Tampa Bay Rays host the Toronto Blue...

Rather than dwell on Wednesday's defeat, let's focus our notes from the Mets-White Sox mini-series on Tuesday's win. You can read all about Matt Harvey's dominance here. Here's a look at the game from a team perspective: This marked the fir...

Daniel Shirey/USA Today SportsAndrelton Simmons makes both the good play and the great play.The most common complaint we run into when discussing advanced defensive metrics is that there isn't a full grasp of how these ratings are computed. With t...

Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesMariano Rivera circa 2004 after getting a save against the Rockies for the first time.For the remainder of the 2013 season, we will look ahead to Mariano Rivera's matchups against teams he will be facing for the final time in th...

Atan Honda/AFP/Getty ImagesRobin Ventura's grand slam single was a celebratory moment for the 1999 Mets.With the White Sox in town for a two-game stay in Queens, we look at where Chicago manager Robin Ventura ranks in Mets history among those that ha...

It seems appropriate to write about the Mets' defense today, given the botches that led to their 9-4 loss to the Braves on Sunday. The common thought in the sabermetric community is that defensive metrics bounce around quite a bit in the early par...

Captain Clutch The game-tying homer by David Wright against Craig Kimbrel in the series opener was the second game-tying shot of his career to come in the ninth inning. The other came against Francisco Cordero and the Cincinnati Reds in 2008. Th...

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Fair warning, Yankees fans: Chris Nelson is going to be most valuable for his bat and likely not for his glove. Based on the samples of data we have (and we'll acknowledge they're not large), Nelson's defensive numbers are not good either at third...