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 not the Mets should recall d'Arnaud and place him back in the lineup, as it [...]
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 know who the Mets should sign? Bobby Abreu.” “They actually did a few days ago,” [...]
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 as a top 40 draft prospect by ESPN's Keith Law leading up to the draft. [...]
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 is Travis d'Arnaud, one of the prospects netted by the Mets in return for R.A. [...]
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 dude's legit," said a coach. "He's going to be very good." "He's the best hitter [...]
Yesterday at Newsday, Marc Carig – one of the top Mets beat writers – had a very lengthy and comprehensive analysis of the Mets organizational hitting philosophy. It was excellent. Carig talked to people at every level of the organization and ended up dispelling just about every myth about the system. The fact of the [...]
After a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday afternoon, the Mets have announced they have fired hitting coach Dave Hudgens and released pitcher Jose Valverde. The Mets offense ranks 12th in the National League in Batting Average (.237), ninth in OBP (.310), 14th in SLG (.352) and 13th in wOBA (.295). Jose Valverde has [...]
Rumors of David Wright’s demise are greatly exaggerated. When Curtis Granderson stumbled out of the gate, the fans quickly began to jeer. When you sign a 4-year, $60 million contract you are expected to perform at a high level immediately. But when Wright stumbled and struggled to regain his footing after nearly five weeks, the [...]
In a season thusfar filled with plenty of offensive woes, one of the few bright spots in the Mets lineup has been Daniel Murphy. Murphy is hitting .318/.368/.451 through his first 41 games. His 1.7 fWAR not only leads Mets hitters by a wide margin, but is already the third-highest total of his career. His [...]
After a dramatic 11th inning victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, Terry Collins told reporters that he was close to making Jeurys Familia the closer. Familia would already be the fourth different option used by the Mets after Bobby Parnell, Jose Valverde and Kyle Farnsworth. “Three days in a row, pounding the strike zone, [...]