July 28th marks the three-year anniversary of Sandy Alderson’s first ‘big’ move as General Manager of the Mets, trading Carlos Beltran to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-handed pitcher Zack Wheeler. At the time, the move was cheered…
Throught the first 100 games of the season, the Mets pitching staff has a nearly identical Fielding Independent Pitching (3.77) as it did last year (3.79), but it’s ERA has greatly improved (3.53 vs. 3.78). So with peripherals that indicate…
Now in his fourth full-season spent on a major league roster, and the first in which he’s been afforded adequate playing time, Lucas Duda is blossoming right before our very eyes. Is he a star? No. But is he developing…
Abraham Lincoln once said, “It’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool, then to speak and remove all doubt.” Apparently nobody ever told that to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Not only has Puma gotten himself…
It has been less than two weeks since the Mets announced their round of minor league callups, ans so far at the AA level, both Steven Matz and Dilson Herrera are tearing it up, albeit in a small sample size.…
Much has been made about the dearth of hitting in the Mets minor league system under the Alderson administration, and for good reason. It seems as if the prevailing philosophy as far as the minor league system goes, has been…
By now you’ve heard that Travis d’Arnaud has been tearing it up in Las Vegas since his demotion. His line in nine games is rather impressive: .395/.452/.868 with five home runs. The chatter has already begun as to whether or…
Just two months ago I sat in the living room of an off-campus house I rented with a few of my friends watching the Mets lose (well maybe not, but probably). My friend Mark turned to me and said, “You…
The Mets have received LHP Blake Taylor from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the player to be named later in the April Ike Davis trade. Taylor was the second-round pick of the Pirates in the 2013 MLB Draft, and was ranked…
There’s been a perception – correct or not – over the past four seasons that poor play was something would be tolerated by the Mets in sake of building for the future. A big piece of that future in theory…
When news broke that the Mets drafted Oregon State OF Michael Conforto with their 10th overall pick last night, I happened to be on a bus filled with college baseball players, so I asked what they thought of him. “The…
