The wild world of papal elections

It’s official.  The new Pope will be Francis.  He will certainly have his hands full as he tries lead the Catholic world while anchoring the Colorado Rotation with reliability.  Jeff Francis may not have been the obvious choice for Pope but he is certainly an imposing lefty who brings a certain Argentinean (or Canadian) flare [...]

Five reasons Jordany Valdespin should make the roster

The team does not have an elite (or even a good) base stealer (David Wright?  Maybe…) without him.  Jordany Valdespin is a threat to swipe a bag and actually seems to have improved his instincts a little so he’s not 100% ability when running. Fielding is a thing you might want.  Let us pretend that [...]

Collin Cowgill, Marlon Byrd and other Mets who have earned a spot on the roster

Spring training is still relatively young and there are plenty of games to play and prospects to scout (while we casually watch pseudo-Olympic baseball) but a few members of the Met team have stood out to me as deserving a role come April. Collin Cowgill – Cowgill hit the ground running and is probably the [...]

Daniel Murphy’s law and the Wilmer Flores conundrum

Imagine if you will a player, with extremely good hitting ability, a body that should support growing power and enough discipline to hack it in the majors.  All that has been holding him back is an inability to actually play a given position.  Yet now… he seems to have found a position where he can [...]

Something Silly: Mets back page story 8-2-2013

Mighty Morphin’ Mets Sweep Marlins From Miami What a year it’s been Mets fans!  Last night fans held their breath as Zack Wheeler tossed his third MLB game and won his first.  Called up after the All-Star Break to replace the traded, Johan Santana, Wheeler struggled mightily against the Phillies giving up four runs in [...]

2014’s Top 10 FAs: Cano, Ellsbury and other future potential Mets

Robinson Cano: The reality is, Cano will be 31 and may not stick at second for the remainder of his career.  The reality ALSO is that he’ll cost a lot of money and the Mets seem to have the position reasonably covered with Daniel Murphy, Wilmer Flores, Wilfredo Tovar, Danny Muno, Phillip Evans and Gavin [...]

Mets Spring Training battles to note

Aimless in the Outfield: The Mets are going into Spring Training with a number of relative question marks in the outfield.  No… there will be no Michael Bourn nor will there be Jason Borrne or Ozzy Osbourne but there will be plenty of speculation, misdirection and if we’re lucky… Duda might bite the head off [...]

Mets Minors: Ratings by the numbers Vicente Lupo and the stat breakers

Round four is a doozy. These players each in their own way defied statistical logic and shined to an exemplary level at their level of play.  The caveat here is obviously that players will do big things one year and disappear the next.  The hope is that most of these guys make good on the [...]