If I’ve learned anything from the great sports movies of the past it’s that a team of unlikely underdogs is more than capable of winning it all. ‘Major League’, ‘The Bad News Bears’, ‘Rookie of the Year’, ‘Cool Runnings’, ‘The Replacements’, ‘Slap Shots’, ‘The Mighty Ducks’, ‘Caddy Shack’ etc… They all show us that if [...]
The Mets are drafting 11th in the upcoming 2013 draft. We have no shot at getting a compensation pick and I think I’d rant for days if Alderson jeopardized a pick by signing the wrong free agent. So let us look at some of the names that may linger around through 10 picks to fall [...]
It was winter in Flushing, And all through the land, The fans were bemoaning, The lack of a plan, We had jettisoned Jason, Who sank in the Bay, We had snuggled up Wright, And convinced him to stay, We had talked to Saint Dickey, And we begged him, Don’t Go! But we’d spent all our [...]
The Mets and Blue Jays have come to terms on a swap of players that has some people worrying about the future of the Mets. After all… the Mets traded a bevy of prospects for Johan Santana. The Mets, you will recall, traded: Carlos Gomez, Phillip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey for the Cy [...]
Zack Wheeler, RHP Gavin Cecchini, SS Brandon Nimmo, OF Luis Mateo, RHP Rafael Montero, RHP Wilmer Flores, 3B/2B Michael Fulmer, RHP Jeurys Familia, RHP Domingo Tapia, RHP Cory Mazzoni, RHP While nobody on the top 10 is surprising by their presence alone, the order that Baseball America chose to rank them is interesting. Let’s look [...]
I think most Met fans are tired of the saga of R.A. Dickey. I know that I am. I fully agree with the reports that once Hamilton signs (hopefully with Texas) the Mets and their potential dance partners will have a better idea of the scope of the dance floor. (Trade Floor) The most likely [...]
I’ve typically been a Sandy Alderson supporter. He inherited a series of poor contracts and a team owned by ownership that lacked the ability to invest in the team’s future and I’ve given him leeway. He managed to trade a Carlos Beltran rental for Zack Wheeler which was a coup but since that he’s not [...]
Some teams enter the winter meetings with their eye to sign marquee players (Mike Napoli, Josh Hamilton or Zack Greinke). Some teams are looking at lesser names with an eye towards completing their rosters (Angel Pagan, Jesus Flores or Nate Schierholtz). Some teams are looking to trade prospects to improve their teams (Toronto, New York [...]
I’ve arranged a meeting of the minds (although some of the minds were none the wiser). In case you are not aware, the Mets have more blogs than any other sports franchise (so it seems) so as I read and research I pull top 20 lists from here and there and everywhere. There is, of [...]
Finding A Home: If the Mets had listened to me, Wilmer Flores would have spent all of 2012 in Port St. Lucie. It wasn’t about his hitting, which more than earned his way into starting in AAA in 2013. It wasn’t even his fielding, which was adequate at 3rd base and 2nd (In no way [...]
There has been TOO much talk about the Mets keeping/trading R.A. Dickey without any real discussion over what they think they could realistically get for a 37-year old Cy Young. It’s great that he throws a pitch that’s easy on the arm and has shown remarkably good health but age is always a concern and [...]
Compared to the 2009 draft, the 2010 draft seemed to have more general talent in it. Additionally the 2010 draft was simply a wiser and better used draft for the Mets in general. The usually doubts about who the Mets could have had are less clear but right now, at least, it doesn’t look like [...]