Bing Devine may have preferred Harry Walker but ultimately he brought in Gil Hodges
2016 TOPPS FIRST PITCH KRISTAPS PORZINGIS It's fair to say that most everyone sees Kristaps Porzingis as a future star the the NBA. If he played football, he could easily be a goal-line receiver that no DB in the game could cover. But where would Porzingis play in MLB? Usually the default position for a [...]
Kiley McDaniel was bullish on Champ Stuart
Bartolo Colon won six of his first seven decisions and we had visions of 2013 dancing in our head. Unfortunately, things didn’t remain this rosy the rest of the year. Of course, six of those first seven games were against NL East clubs and the seventh was a home game against an Orioles squad that [...]
The Mets thought they had something special when they drafted Steven Matz back in 2009. But because of injuries, he didn’t make it onto a mound for his professional debut until 2012. His number were good in both 2012 and 2013 but he didn’t pitch a ton of innings in either season, plus he was [...]
Some scouts thought he would need to move to the outfield.
This time a year ago, Michael Conforto was one of the prospects who made the Mets’ system one of the best in the game. Few imagined that he would make his MLB debut in 2015 and virtually no one expected him to no longer maintain rookie status for 2016. Conforto had an outstanding rookie season [...]
Dave Cameron ranked the offseason moves of all 30 teams. Here's what he had to say about the Mets: The Mets had one of the weirdest offseasons of any team in baseball. After watching their defense betray them in the World Series, they doubled down on poor defenders, bringing in Asdrubal Cabrera and Neil Walker [...]
Steven Matz made his MLB debut last year in late June and was impressive in two starts before landing on the disabled list with a torn lat. He was sidelined for three months but came back to make four more starts in the regular season and three more in the playoffs. It’s a rather unique [...]
It's amazing no one has hired Viola to be a major league pitching coach
Regular season as we aim for a better result in the World Series.
Will Mickey blow minds with his knuckler?