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The lessons Clay Holmes is applying that has made him Mets’ overlooked ace

Nypost · · 127 words · By Mike Puma
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“it’s the 33-year-old Holmes”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Clay Holmes' age. Famous Birthdays lists him as a 33-year-old, RotoWire explicitly refers to him as a '33-Year-Old Pitcher', and Wikipedia provides his birth date as March 27, 1993, which aligns with him being 33 in the current 2026 context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clayton Walter Holmes (born March 27, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Holmes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Curtis Holmes (né Estes; August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988), better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character he portrayed in a series of related films), was an American porn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holmes_(actor)
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“a rotation that includes Nolan McLean and Freddy Peralta”
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While Wikipedia confirms Nolan McLean is a pitcher for the New York Mets, there is no evidence in the provided search results confirming that Freddy Peralta is also in the Mets' rotation. The provided web results for this claim are generic news homepages and do not contain specific roster information.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Mets season was the 64th season of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball, their 17th at Citi Field, their fifth under majority owner Steve Cohen, and their second under manager …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Mets_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Mets season is the 65th season of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball, their 18th at Citi Field, and their sixth under majority owner Steve Cohen. The Mets will attempt to imp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Mets_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nolan James McLean (born July 24, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_McLean
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“Holmes will take a 1.69 ERA into his scheduled Saturday start in Arizona”
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CBS Sports explicitly states that Holmes 'owns a 1.69 ERA' and is 'tentatively scheduled to start Saturday against the Diamondbacks' (who are based in Arizona).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026, will be the 250th anniversary of the signin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_States
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of approximately 2,300 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improveme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Federation_of_Women's_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Chabon ( SHAY-bon; born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he studied at Carnegie Mellon University for one year …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chabon
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“The right-hander’s success revolves greatly on a groundball rate of 57.4 percent that ranks in MLB’s 93rd percentile”
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The provided evidence includes general MLB stat pages and player bios, but none of the specific search results or Wikipedia entries contain the specific groundball rate (57.4%) or the percentile ranking (93rd) for Clay Holmes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Mets season was the 64th season of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball, their 17th at Citi Field, their fifth under majority owner Steve Cohen, and their second under manager …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Mets_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clayton Walter Holmes (born March 27, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Holmes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mason James Miller (born August 24, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Oakland Athletic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Miller
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