Christmas wishes for the 2016 Mets

The Mets playing baseball into November has made it a weird offseason.  Combined with it being 70 degrees outside and it certainly seems too early for Christmas.  Yet the kids were in a Christmas play, I saw “It’s a Wonderful Life” on the big screen and nearly every radio station is playing Christmas music.  Add [...]

Final 2015 payrolls for 40-man rosters

1. Los Angeles. Dodgers; $291,056,310 2. New York Yankees: $223,589,947 3. Boston Red Sox: $185,568,958 4. San Francisco Giants: $180,726,826 5. Washington Nationals: $169,277,370 6. Detroit Tigers: $164,010,992 7. Texas Rangers: $156,283,670 8. Los Angeles Angels: $149,686,871 9. Philadelphia Phillies: $145,656,077 10. Toronto Blue Jays: $135,728,804 11. Chicago Cubs: $133,051,389 12. St. Louis Cardinals: $132,638,936 [...]

Epilogue for Mets360 2016 top 50 prospect list

We hope you enjoyed our top 50 prospect series, which ended today with David posting prospect number one. This was a group project and the end result was a consensus and not any one individual person’s list. To rectify a mistake from last year, here’s the list in one place: S. MatzL. GuillormeG. YnoaK. CanelonL. [...]

Matt Welch on how the Angels are a cautionary tale

If you ask Mets fans how they feel about the next three-to-five years, most would be optimistic. It's not in any way an unreasonable position to take. But things don't always work out the way they're supposed to in real life. Angels fan Matt Welch points out how things can go off the rails: "The [...]

An inside account of the Mets at the Winter Meetings

Today a sprawling piece by Andy Martino that covers the Mets' action at the Winter Meetings was published. There are numerous things worth linking and here are two: "It is impossible to overstate the impact of Twitter on the baseball business, and not only for the fans and media. Just as execs work the reporters [...]

Mets extend their Kingsport stadium agreement

The New York Mets signed a five-year contract extension with the Kingsport Convention and Visitors Bureau and the city of Kingsport that will keep the minor league Kingsport Mets at Hunter Wright. The agreement extends a long-running commitment between the Model City, the KCVB and the Mets. The K-Mets have had a player development contract [...]

Mets360 2016 top 50 prospects: Players 14-11

This is the 10th entry in our prospect series, where we’re counting down the top 50 prospects for the Mets. Four people were involved in this project and what you see is a group consensus, not the results of one person. You can view 50-47, 46-43, 42-39, 38-35, 34-31, 30-27, 26-23, 22-19  & 18-15 if you have not already seen it. Here [...]

Mets continue busy day by signing Asdrubal Cabrera

Hey you smell something funky? Yeah, me too. Did you hear the Mets signed Asdrubal Cabrera to a two-year deal? So that's what $18.5 million being burnt smells like! Good to know. Cabrera is a solid player and has been for a number of years. He's more than a placeholder but he's not a star. [...]