Going into the 2020 season, the Mets have good depth in starting pitching, the bullpen, corner outfield, and especially first base. The current level of depth at 1B is undoubtedly the most the Mets have ever had, and it’s led by emerging super star Pete Alonso. After his 53 homer and 120 RBI season, the [...]
Catcher Wilson Ramos was one of the Mets’ big offseason acquisitions last year. Ramos arrived with the reputation of being a good hitter, but a subpar defender. Let’s take a look at some of his numbers from last season and see what we can determine. Ramos played in 141 games last year, resulting in 524 [...]
Fifty years ago, Met fans were still celebrating the stunning World Series win over the mighty Baltimore Orioles. One of the key architects of that team and its triumphs was no longer employed by the team. That would be Bing Devine, a front office magician for the Mets from 1965 to 1967. Devine rose to [...]
Now that Zack Wheeler has departed Flushing for a lucrative contract with Philadelphia, the Mets have an opening in their starting rotation. Back in November GM Brodie Van Wagenen was quoted as saying relievers Robert Gsellman or Seth Lugo could be in the starting rotation for 2020. Let’s take a look at the case for [...]
One area of concern for the Mets this offseason is the center field position. Juan Lagares’ contract has expired, and he is not expected back with the Mets for 2020. Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto are fine corner outfielders but are below average fielders in center. The answer to this problem just might be found [...]
The optimistic Mets fan might be singing “Don’t worry, be happy” this offseason. And why not, with a team including a bunch of young, elite players, led by Pete Alonso. The pessimistic Mets fan, on the other hand, might well sing “Oh, got something worrying me” with a respectable number of worries to fret about [...]
Just about every Mets fan not in a coma knows that Pete Alonso has set an important record this season. The rookie slugger has smacked 50 (and counting) long balls so far this year to break the old Mets single season home run record record held jointly by Todd Hundley and Carlos Beltran at 41 [...]
A controversy that has been brewing much of the season involves Noah Syndergaard and his preference for any catcher other than Wilson Ramos. A New York Post article on 9/9/19 written by Joel Sherman and Kevin Kernan reported that Syndergaard had a meeting with GM Brodie Van Wagenen in which Syndergaard’s request was rejected. The [...]
The Mets’ postseason hopes are flickering on life support at this point. Also flickering are the chances that any of the position players and starting pitchers whose contracts expire after this season have much prospect to return to the Mets next year. Joe Panik was released by the Giants earlier this year after a good [...]
Mets reliever Jeurys Familia entered the Sunday game against the Phils in the 8th inning, and has happened all too often this year, Familia ended up throwing gasoline on the fire. The score was tied 2-2 when Familia entered the game, with a runner on first, but the inning ended with the Phils ahead 5-2, [...]
Jacob deGrom had a marvelous 2018 season for the Mets, and was rewarded with a well deserved Cy Young Award. The righty is once again pitching brilliantly, and once again he deserves to at least be in the conversation for the 2019 Cy Young. There are several other contenders who are all pitching lights out, [...]
If you look at the year-to-date record of Mets’ SP Steven Matz, it’s mediocre at best. The lefty has a 7-7 record, with a 4.33 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and batters are hitting .268 against him. That’s roughly the kind of production you might expect from a back of the rotation starter for a non-contender. [...]