One of the pleasant surprises this year was the emergence of the Mets young starting pitching. While Jacob deGrom got most of the headlines, Zack Wheeler took several steps forward and looked fantastic, especially after the last dozen or so starts. We saw him taking steps forward, but not necessarily as many as he ended [...]
At the beginning of the year, I wrote this piece, where I noted five of the more under-the-radar pitching prospects in the Mets system to keep an eye on in 2014. The players I identified were: Casey Meisner, Robert Whalen, Robert Gsellman, Chris Flexen and Marcos Molina. Now that the season has come to a [...]
Mets rookie backstop Travis d’Arnaud had somewhat of a split season. There was the season before and after his demotion to Las Vegas. Before, he hit a paltry .180/.271/.273. After, he hit .272/.319/.486 to finish on a strong note. It’s hard to call 2014 a wild success for d’Arnaud because of the slow start, but [...]
Next up in our projection review series is the captain, David Wright. Coming off of two MVP-caliber seasons in a row, Wright suffered through arguably the worst season of his career in 2014, with his numbers falling off across the board. Of course, Wright was dealing with a severe shoulder injury for a majority of [...]
Heading into the offseason, the chorus that’s been beaten to death by pundits, fans, and pretty much everyone, is that the Mets need to upgrade at both shortstop and left field going into 2015 if they want to compete. The consensus seems to be that what the Mets got out of those two positions in [...]
With another season of Mets baseball now in the books, the time of the year for reflections on the season that was has began. The team’s 79-83 record, though disappointing, has to be seen as a step forward toward contention, especially when considering the lack of contributions the team saw from David Wright and Matt [...]
Friday was a busy day in the way of Mets news, as Bobby Abreu announced his retirement the old fashioned way: by saying it at the end of the season and not going on a year-long farewell tour, Adam Rubin revealed that minor changes may be coming to the Citi Field outfield walls, and the [...]
Terry Collins is a frustrating manager. He makes decisions that at times can be characterized as puzzling, head-scratching, and downright confusing. Fans have been calling for his head seemingly since the day he was hired, and at times I've joined those choruses, too. But with news of Collins likely sticking around for 2015, and a [...]
On Tuesday afternoon, outgoing Commissioner Bud Selig paid Citi Field a visit, and like his other stops on the farewell tour, he took questions from reporters. Friend of the site Howard Megdal got things off to a rollicking start, not beating around the bush when he asked the following: “In 2011, when denying the Fox [...]
At 27 years old, Kirk Nieuwenhuis can hardly be considered a young player, but in 50 games this season, he is finally starting to come into his own. Yes, it's a small sample size, and his .271/.373/.518 line is a little bit BABIP-driven, but he certainly passes the eye test as having improved over the [...]
Friday night, Mets manager Terry Collins made the decision to drop the struggling Curtis Granderson from the top of the lineup to the sixth hole. He made an inclination that this will be a longer-term move rather than a one-or-two-game banishment. Granderson entered play Friday hitting a paltry .211/.313/.354. Since the All-Star break it is [...]