In 2012 the Mets debuted Matt Harvey and the following year they introduced Zack Wheeler. Then last year the club brought up Jacob deGrom. Harvey and Wheeler came with all types of hype and deGrom wasn’t nearly as highly regarded.…
Ticket sales are up 19.26 percent over last year, according to Mets executive vice president Lou DePaoli. The numbers represent what would be an astonishing outlier for a team that’s failed to add any high-priced talent this offseason or post…
This time last year we were shocked we were still having the Lucas Duda or Ike Davis debate. It may have taken two years too long to decide but the good news is that Sandy Alderson held on to the…
It seems like there are a lot of Mets sites out there. But does anyone have any idea how many? It feels like the number should be in triple digits, but that’s just a guess. Let’s limit this to active…
“I feel very comfortable with what I see and taking that to the player and saying, ‘here’s what I’m seeing, here’s the adjustment I think needs to be made, here’s the drill I think can fix that, and let’s go…
Throughout history there have been players who put up fluke seasons in the majors. Undoubtedly, you’ve got a mental image in your head right now of some such season. Perhaps it’s 2000 Darin Erstad, who put up an 8.7 fWAR…
The Mets have had 14 different pitchers in their history to post a 5.0 bWAR or greater in a season, including Matt Harvey in 2013. None of those 14 missed an entire season after putting up such a dominating performance.…
Welcome to the third edition of our annual projection series. The idea here is that you already have the critical, non-biased computer projections of ZiPS and Steamer and here we have a bunch of fans give subjective predictions to balance…
Earlier this offseason, four writers at various points collaborated on a prospect list for the Mets that went 50 deep. Click here if you’re curious about those rankings. My participation was on the lower part of the list, knowing that…
In Julian McCarthy’s recent article, Assessing the threat level of every National League wild-card contender, uber-commenter Chris F. raised the point about the number of question marks on the 2015 Mets. He then closed his comment with a reference to…
Like it was destined to be
Most Mets fans remember Omar Minaya coming in and putting an immediate stamp on the organization by acquiring Carlos Beltran and Pedro Martinez. Ah, the days when ownership had money to spend! Contrast that with Minaya’s replacement, Sandy Alderson, who…
