NEW YORK — By the time Nolan McLean took the mound for the eighth inning Wednesday night, fans at Citi Field were hanging on every pitch. When McLean allowed the first two batters of the eighth to reach base, some shifted uncomfortably in their seats. When McLean escaped that jam — the only real trouble he faced all night — …
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You know what you would want if you were the Mets and watched Nolan McLean’s MLB debut? More. McLean offered a wonderful appetizer of possibilities. He brought his thick reservoir of pitches, notably a prime Charlie Mortonesque penchant to spin a ball at an otherworldly rate to get back into a count. He showed he could win in the strike …
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The future was late Saturday afternoon, so most certainly now. Forget about easing Nolan McLean in. The Mets stopped being a good baseball team in mid-June and have devolved into an atrocious one of late, losing 14 of 16 going into the touted prospect’s MLB debut. There are many culprits. A starry, highly paid lineup main four of Francisco Lindor, …
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The Mets could use some big-time help, so who better to call upon than a guy occasionally called Cowboy Ohtani? Any mention of Ohtani has to give you a good feeling, of course. The Mets are thrilled to be promoting surprisingly polished pitching prospect Nolan McLean, even if the moniker hardly fits anymore. McLean (sounds like McLane) gave up hitting …
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