Recognizing things that have gone right for the 2017 Mets

It’s one thing when you enter a season with no expectations and your team turns in a stinker of a year. But it’s another thing entirely when you have visions of a deep playoff run and instead you find yourself in mid-September 18 games under .500 and hoping for a top-five draft pick. Unfortunately, that’s [...]

Seth Lugo’s underappreciated season as a starting pitcher

Last year, Seth Lugo provided the shot in the arm the Mets needed to return to the playoffs. This year, Lugo needed a shot in the arm just to be able to pitch. Since returning to the majors on Jun 11, he’s taken his spot in the rotation and missed just two turns despite his [...]

The Indians win streak means a local company has to give $1.7 million back to fans

Since his company is 15-years old this year, Universal Windows Direct CEO William Barr decided to put together a fun offer for customers who love Cleveland’s baseball team — or just wanted to gamble on free and discounted windows and see what happened. The promotion went as such: anybody who bought windows during the month [...]

Kevin Plawecki looks to leap Travis d’Arnaud in September

It’s hard to believe now but back when the Mets traded R.A. Dickey, the main get was Travis d’Arnaud, who was billed as a star two-way backstop. As a franchise, the Mets have been blessed with some pretty strong catchers throughout the years and it seemed like d’Arnaud was going to take his place along [...]

Mets Minors: Phillip Evans finishes the year strong

In the last season before the current MLB Draft rules were in place, the Mets spent $650,000 on 15th-round pick Phillip Evans. At the time, Baseball America reported it to be the largest amount given by the Mets to a player picked after the first two rounds. The Mets had been criticized for not spending [...]