How playoff teams do in wins amassed by starters and relievers

In 1987, Nolan Ryan won two legs of the pitchers’ triple crown, as he led the NL in both ERA (2.76) and strikeouts (270) – which helped him to a 6.4 fWAR, the top mark in the league. Yet, Ryan posted a W-L record of 8-16, which seems unfathomable. But it’s just one of many [...]

Mets make Wild Card according to ZiPS median projected standings

Over at FanGraphs, they published the median projected standings right now in the National League, according to the ZiPS projections. Now, this comes with the caveat that there are some big free agents still out there – no, the Mets are not going to sign one of those – that could shift things around. But [...]

The Mets’ good and bad luck the past two years and how that needs to play out in 2024

It’s often been said that everything went right for the Mets in 2022 and that virtually nothing did in 2023. But everything going right just doesn’t happen in MLB, not even for a perennially lucky team like the Braves. As exasperating as it is to watch good fortune happen consistently for that franchise, no one [...]

What are the odds the Mets will use the 60-day IL to open up a roster spot for Fujinami?

MLB.com has a fairly robust transactions log back thru the 2009 season. It has some for 2008, but nowhere near as lengthy or detailed. So, from the 2009-2023 seasons, excluding the Covid year of 2020, how many players do you think the Mets put on the 60-day injured list prior to the start of the [...]

Dismal night from the free-throw line dooms State in loss to Pitt

It’s tough to lose a home game when every contest is critical for both ACC tournament seeding and a potential NCAA bid. But when you convert free throws at a 40% clip and your opponent makes 90% of theirs, well a defeat is all but bound to happen. And that’s how the Pack lost to [...]

Place your imaginary wager on who gets cut to make room for Diekman and Fujinami

The Mets have agreed to deals with Jake Diekman and Shintaro Fujinami but the deals are not official. Currently, the 40-man roster is full, meaning they'll have to cut or trade two players to make room for the new relievers. We've seen that David Stearns is willing to cut guys that he signed, so that [...]

Tyler Stuart and making major league relievers out of minor league starters

One of my beliefs is that the farm system should be able to create major league relievers from minor league starters, something which seems like it doesn’t happen enough for my tastes. But it’s one thing to have a thought on how things should be; it’s another thing for that thought to be grounded in [...]

DJ Horne excels behind the arc and at the line to lift State over Ga. Tech

DJ Horne poured in 26 points to lead the Wolfpack to an 82-76 win over Georgia Tech Saturday at PNC Arena. The victory gave coach Kevin Keatts his 200th career win and lifted State to a 7-4 record in the ACC. By NET rating, this was the weakest team left on the Wolfpack’s schedule, making [...]

Mets 2024 projections: Jose Quintana

From 2014-2017, Jose Quintana posted four straight 4.0 or better fWAR seasons. Then, from 2018-2021, he recorded a combined total of 5.6 fWAR, with 3.5 of that coming in 2019 alone. Quintana then had a big bounceback season in 2022 (something the Mets are hoping Luis Severino can duplicate) with a 4.0 fWAR split between [...]