The Mets are a better team today than they were on the last day of the season. Chris Young and Curtis Granderson add a certain something that has been missing from recent Met outfields. They do a lot to help the Mets, but there is this nagging feeling that the Mets are still missing a [...]
It’s Friday morning… Curtis Granderson remains a free agent Stephen Drew remains a free agent Ike Davis remains a Met Ruben Tejada remains the Mets starting shortstop Teams who’d have a use for Daniel Murphy are dwindling Met fans… we’re losing it. From Sandy Alderson’s perspective, patience is a virtue and I can’t fault him [...]
2013 was a bad year for the Mets – but a great year for Juan Lagares. He saw his prospect status become reborn with a strong showing in AAA, and following a promotion to the MLB, captured the hearts of Met fans with amazin’ defensive highlights. The Mets enter 2014 without Matt Harvey and with [...]
Perhaps you’ve seen the Mets’ video Holiday Card. Perhaps you’re only being subjected to it now. The card is interesting for some very iffy reasons. For one, the singing is awful, but you’d expect that. The other interesting note is who is featured. David Wright puts in his time as the face of the franchise [...]
One day is there of the season Termed Thanksgiving day, Celebrated part in maybe, Part as yesterday. Neither Alderson nor Wilpon, I do disrespect or praise; Seems it, to my wayward thinking, Unfair in its ways. Have we had no rays of sunshine, To hang our hats upon, Not or nary satisfactions Where was once [...]
Here are the headlines that greeted me on my return from Cincinnati: Mets sign Chris Young to a one-year deal Yankees sign Brian McCann to a five-year deal Cardinals sign Jhonny Peralta to a four year deal Not exactly the type of news that will get most Met fans excited. The Yankees continue to do [...]
By now you’ve heard and read the rumors about the Brewers and the Mets. You should understand that these are rumors and that they leave a large gap between the Mets THINKING about getting Braun and the Mets ACTUALLY getting him. Should the Brewers be on their course to make this move you’d have to [...]
They sign no free agents… They trade for no stars… They run out a team in 2014 that is largely the same as 2013… THE LINEUP: Eric Young Jr. [LF] Juan Lagares [CF] David Wright [3B] Daniel Murphy [2B] Travis d’Arnaud [C] Ike Davis [1B] Ruben Tejada [SS] Matt DenDekker [RF] The Mets continue to [...]
I have had my share of qualms with Met ownership over the years. I don’t think any Met fan, in their right minds, would say, “Gee, Fred and Jeff Wilpon sure are swell owners to have.” I’ve decided to look back to see just how bad they were. 2010: The Met payroll is over $125 [...]
Three cans wins you the squeaky bunny, five cans gets you the fluffy lion, take out all our little people, you’ll get… cuddly monkey. Feeling lucky Alderson? I’m reaching the point of offseason nausea. Not much will be decided (apart from who is going to accept the qualifying offers) before the winter meetings. Tim Dierkes, [...]
The 2014 offseason is focused on Free Agents, Trades, Prospects and Speculation. Will the Mets sign Shin-Soo Choo, trade for Carlos Gonzalez, deal Travis d’Arnaud or not. We forget somehow that last year at this time the big story was David Wright. Would Wright re-sign with the Mets? Would he become the captain and cornerstone [...]
I happen to be a big fan of Tim Dierkes and his website www.mlbtraderumors.com. Yesterday he posted an updated list of the Top 50 Free Agents for 2014 and to surprise some folks, you’ll note that he has Alderson nabbing 4 of the top 50. Who? #13, Curtis Granderson: The experts remain undecided on whether [...]