In the late 1960’s, the New York Mets had one of the best 1-2 punches on the mound that the world would ever see. The second punch was not ready to be great just yet. The first punch was already…
Thanks to the wheeling and dealing of GM Brodie Van Wagenen, the Mets have plugged a lot of holes and seemingly improved in a number of areas. The roster is still taking shape but, so far, it looks quite a…
No matter how many times I refresh my Twitter feed, the big hot stove moves still don’t seem to want to happen. This was a pretty slow January week. A few items of note. 1) Happy to see our old…
The flurry of trades and signings the Mets front office made recently has come to the praise of many, in addition to the dismay of many more. That part at least is typical Mets, but what is unusual is the…
Wilmer Flores lands on his feet (ha!) after being non-tendered by the Mets, as he inks a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The contract is one year with a club option for 2020 that guarantees Flores $4.25 million. He gets…
Mets fans did not appreciate enough what a fine season Noah Syndergaard had in 2018. While all of the attention was rightly focused on the tremendous year put up by Jacob deGrom, Syndergaard put up a season right in the…
So far this offseason, rookie GM Brodie Van Wagenen has been wheeling and dealing players as much or more than any Mets GM ever. By signing Wilson Ramos and shipping out Kevin Plawecki, he’s remade the catching corps. He’s tinkered…
The Mets have had a busy offseason and as the dust settles it seems that the Mets may have brought in enough veteran bodies to keep both Jeff McNeil and Top Prospect, Peter Alonso from making the team out of…
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There’s safety in doing things the way every other team does things. Sometimes this is smart percentage baseball at work and other times it’s done for no other reason than to avoid second guessing. How many times did we hear,…
If you missed Jeff McNeil bursting onto the scene in 2018, you missed the one of the best things about the entire New York Mets season. McNeil is built from a thread that could have been weaved from Billy Beane…
The Mets should have signed Yasmani Grandal and Marwin Gonzalez. Instead, in typical cost-cutting, short-sighted fashion, we have brought in Wilson Ramos and Jed Lowrie. In the latest head scratcher, the Mets signed Lowrie to a two-year, $20-million contract. It’s a…
