The Mets have had a great run of late, but there are aspects of the team that could use shoring up. Those include the erratic bullpen and the occasionally sketchy defense. Today we are going to look specifically at the sub-par crew of pinch hitters the team has available most games. When the Mets have [...]
Every now and then we hear chatter that Noah Syndergaard should be extended, or Zack Wheeler, or Michael Conforto. Some or all of these could make sense, depending on the price. There is one reasonable extension the Mets could offer, and probably should offer. That is, remove the “interim” from the title of pitching coach [...]
Met shortstop Amed Rosario, although usually consigned to the 8th spot in the batting order, has been putting in a pretty good year with the bat. For the season he has assembled a slash line of .270/.312/.439, not bad for a bottom of the order hitter. But if we look more recently, we find even [...]
One of the first moves the new Mets front office made in their first season was to release batting coach Pat Roessler and replace him with newly fired Cubs’ batting coach Chilli Davis. So far it’s fair to say that’s one offseason move that is working out. Roessler had been with the Mets since 2015, [...]
Here we are at the All-Star break, and it’s time to hand out the mid term grades for the Mets players. For the third straight year the Mets are closer to the bottom of the division than they are to the top at this time of year, but even so we do have star performers. [...]
In a minor surprise, Mets ace pitcher Jacob deGrom was selected to the N.L. All-Star team, joining fellow Mets Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil. It’s a minor surprise because teams, like the Mets, that are closer to the bottom than the top, don’t usually rate three players on the All-Star squad. Alonso seemed like a [...]
Last week the results of the first round of voting for the NL All-Star team were announced. This was the primary round, where the large ballot was trimmed down by fan vote, with three position players selected at most positions, with the outfield having nine players competing for the three slots. The next round of [...]
Jason Vargas was a much maligned SP for the Mets back in April, but he has made quite a turnaround and has become perhaps the best number 5 rotation man in the Eastern Division, and one of the best (but not the best) in the entire National League. After a good first outing against Miami, [...]
We’ve heard a lot about the lack of hustle for one particular Met, a very well compensated infielder. But there are plenty of Mets who do hustle, and we’ll zero in on three of the current Mets who display the qualities of a hustling ball player. Hustle of course, is not a quality that can [...]
Amidst a flurry of off-season moves, the signing of veteran infielder Adeiny Hechavarria by the Mets did not attract a whole lot of attention at the time. The Mets had a crowded infield, and Hechavarria began the year in AAA ball. You could say that Hechavarria was flying under the radar. He was thirty years [...]
No, the title does not mean Mickey Callaway suffered an injury like the one that has sidelined Jeff McNeil, instead it means the other dictionary definition, “severely restricted efficiency and effectiveness.” Specifically has Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen been pulling too many strings behind the scenes concerning day to day actions on the field? Traditionally, [...]
Brian wrote an excellent article on Sunday detailing the “performance” of the new players Brodie Van Wagenen acquired for the Mets for this season. To summarize, the group is top-heavy with largely underperforming, overpaid, and aging veterans. We’re going to take a look at the other side of the equation today, that is, how well [...]