Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson held a news conference with beat reporters Sunday night where he prepped everyone on the idea that Ruben Tejada may very well be the opening day shortstop. A new shortstop is on just about every Mets fan’s wish list this holiday season, but there really isn’t a pressing need for a change. While you should always take the opportunity to upgrade, given the Mets’ limited budget, there’s not really any…
Joel Sherman of the New York Post has reported via Twitter that the Mets have reached an agreement with free agent outfielder Curtis Granderson. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports the contract is for four years and $60 million. Hampered by injuries last year, Granderson hit .229/.317/.407 in only 245 plate appearances. From 2011-2012, Granderson hit 84 home runs, the most of any player in baseball during that time. Oliver projects Granderson as a 3.0…
Ahead of tonight’s deadline, the New York Mets have announced that they have non-tendered two players: Scott Atchison and Omar Quintanilla. Atchison appeared in 51 games for the Mets in 2013, pitching to the tune of a 4.37 ERA and a 5.39 RA/9 in 45.1 innings pitched, compiling a 3-3 record out of the bullpen. Atchison battled a groin injury throughout the season. Quintanilla hit an anemic .222/.306/.283 in 359 plate appearances over 95 games. …
There’s a great account on twitter, @BRefPlayIndex, that if you don’t follow, you should if you consider yourself a baseball fan. They often tweet out great nuggets of information about great seasons players have had that you may have forgotten about, along with other great nuggets (and the occasional giveaway. So when they tweeted this the other day, it was just another nice nugget: In @MLB history, players with 20+ 2B, 20+ 3B, 20+ HR,…
First, for your viewing pleasure: Now that that’s out of the way, let me use my not-yet-received film degree to do some hard-hitting analysis. Let’s start at the beginning, shall we? The video opens on a smiling David Wright greeting all Mets fans with a boyish “Hi!” Wright is green screened in front of Citi Field, where it is snowing. Apparently this video was shot on Sunday, even though it was released last Thursday, but…
“The individual partners lost some money at Madoff. But it doesn’t affect the Mets. It doesn’t affect the Citi Field project. It doesn’t affect SNY or any of our operating businesses.”- Jeff Wilpon, December 16, 2008. *** Jaff Decker is a nice ball player. He’s got some pop, has a high on base percentage, and could be a nice lefty half of a platoon in a corner outfield spot (perhaps paired with the newly-acquired Chris…
I’ve been a vocal supporter of Ike Davis in the past. I’ve defended him during the bad times, and cheered him on during the good. I even bought his tshirt-jersey hybrid thingy. I thought he was part of the solution to turning around the Mets. But unfortunately, he has been part of the problem. As much as I like him, or rather the player that I think he can be, it’s impossible to say that…
I would be just as thrilled as the next Met fan if the team were to make a big splash in free agency and sign Shin-Soo Choo or Jacoby Ellsbury, but let’s face it: Choo is not worth the Jayson Werth-type contract that Scott Boras is said to be seeking, and Ellsbury’s injury past and attached loss of a draft pick means he’s probably a no-go as well. So then it comes time to look…
“Well I guess I was wrong I just don’t belong/but then I’ve been there before, everything is alright/I’ll just say goodnight and I’ll show myself to the door/Hey I didn’t mean to cause a big scene just wait ’til I finish this glass/Then, sweet little lady I’ll head back to the bar (haha) and you can kiss my a**.”- Garth Brooks, “Friends in Low Places” The 2000 season was a memorable one in Mets lore…
Rawlings announced Friday the three Gold Glove finalists at each position on the company’s official Twitter account. As far as the Mets are concerned, David Wright – a two-time winner of the award in 2007 and 2008 – was nominated at third base, and Eric Young Jr. was rather surprisingly tabbed as a nominee in left field. More surprisingly, the best defensive center fielder in the National League, if not all of baseball, Juan Lagares,…
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