AL East: Boston Red Sox Biggest Need: Closer – Bobby Parnell would be a hard guy to let go for the Mets who have said they would need to be overwhelmed to make a deal. The prospect I’d expect to be offered is below and I don’t think that would be enough. If the Red [...]
Not quite 21 yet, Noah Syndergaard was the secondary prize of the R.A. Dickey trade that brought in Travis d’Arnaud, John Buck and Wuilmer Becerra as well. He started the year in Port St. Lucie where he looked good (though not as good as others). Here are the important stats: · ERA = 3.11 · [...]
At the age of 38, R.A. Dickey is 8 and 8 for Toronto. Through 115.2 innings he has a 4.59 ERA, 42 BBs and 82 Ks and his WHIP sits at 1.288. Those aren’t BAD stats for a starting pitcher, but I’ll point out the Jeremy Hefner’s stats are better. Dickey is rounding into form [...]
When a player is 26 and playing in AA you have to try to take their accomplishments with a grain of salt. Even when they are hitting: .317/.474/.590 and even when they were a former first round pick. The expectations on Allan Dykstra are expectedly low. He’s not supposed to be much beyond a AAAA [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (By way of FanGraphs) has come out with some lists of those players most likely to be traded at the deadline. Within the top 30 of each category the Mets have a total of 8 players listed as being “Likely to be traded.” Yet you’ve probably heard Sandy Alderson telling people that [...]
I’ve followed the Mets minor leagues for a while and what I’ve found is that every year there are players who make cases to reach the majors but an injury rolls around or they slump and it looks like we might have jumped the gun. Just look at Travis Taijeron, in his last 5 games [...]
“I should really go to a Cyclones game.” I’ve been saying this for years, but on Thursday 6/20/2013, I finally did. First of all, let me tell you that MCU park is a nice park to watch a game. It was clean, the sight lines were good and atmosphere (with the rides of Coney Island [...]
The Mets' offense is bad. They just don’t score a lot of runs… face it, they don’t score a little runs too often. With not much offense coming from anyone not named David Wright or Daniel Murphy, I think I have the solution: It is time to bring Wilmer Flores up. Wilmer Flores is hitting [...]
With 40 Rounds and the Mets selecting players between 11th overall and 1196th overall, the draft can seem daunting. This is a cheat sheet for Met fans who want to know about their draft picks without doing hours of research. 11th: Dominic Smith Position – He’s a solid first baseman and could be the first [...]
I went to an actual Met game for a change. It was a mistake as the Mets lost 8-4 but the highlight of the game for me was seeing the minor league update and hearing that Cesar Puello had collected three hits the night before. It’s likely that you’ve heard Puello’s name before but it [...]
Round 3: Winners: Boston got Denney and if they can sign him he’s the clear pick of the round. Pick #76: Ivan Wilson, RF, [Ruston HS] Scouting: At 6’3” and 220 Lbs Wilson is a big player who projects to have a big bat. The power is there and he seems to have enough of [...]
I wrote last Saturday about the draft and selected a pretty auspicious group of players to be joining the Metropolitan ranks. With my analysis the Mets would have come away with three college bats and a talented high school pitcher. You’ll recall that I thought the Mets could come away with: Hunter Renfroe, OF [Mississippi [...]