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. [...]
In a move that helps both clubs, the Pirates and Mets have agreed to swap Neil Walker and Jon Niese. Walker takes over for the departed Daniel Murphy and comes with a one-year contract that will be significantly less than what Murphy would have received if he had accepted the team's Qualifying Offer. In his [...]
Last offseason, all we heard was how Jon Niese was damaged goods, that he had no trade value and that he would wind up on the disabled list sooner rather than later. Niese stayed off the DL but his season was uneven at best and by the end of the year he was relegated to [...]
Ben Zobrist has been a favorite of mine for many years now. The Mets are coming off their best season in ages, due in no small part to the moves made by the current front office. That same front office has made targeting Zobrist its number-one priority this offseason. Given that information, why is there [...]
Jacob deGrom had a wonderful, seemingly out-of-nowhere season in 2014, one that earned him Rookie of the Year honors. He finished the year with a tremendous kick, prompting some to consider him the team’s ace. Still, given that he was not highly-touted coming into the year, some thought he was due for some regression. With [...]
This is the sixth 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 if you have not already [...]
Will anything he do in the future top passing out while announcing the extension for Terry Collins?
All of us were excited that Matt Harvey was returning to the mound in 2016 but none of us were sure what to expect. And Harvey ended up with a fantastic return, PR nightmare aside. But that was far from a given before the start of Spring Training. With that in mind, check in on [...]
This is the second 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 if you have not already seen it. Here are the [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! May all of your family and football traditions go off without a hitch. Obviously, here we’re all thankful that the Mets made the World Series and we had baseball into November. In that way, it seems like Thanksgiving is coming mighty early this year. Another thing that makes it odd is that there’s [...]
The Mets went all-in on Michael Cuddyer, signing him to a multi-year deal and surrendering a first-round pick. It was a bad decision at the time and one that only looks worse after watching him up close for a year. With that in mind, check in on our original piece to see what we thought [...]