Alright Mets fans, things are not looking so good at the moment. We've entered that period of the season, which appears to occur earlier every year, where it seems as though anything that can go wrong inevitably does go wrong. The team finds many ways to lose, whether it's a poor starting pitching performance, the [...]
The Mets' loss to the Phillies last night set their record at 18-11. They no longer sit atop baseball, which was nice but ultimately temporary. They still hold the top spot in the NL East, though, a situation both unexpected and welcome. The surging Nationals, 8-2 in their last ten games to the Mets' 4-6, [...]
Early last month we wrote about some select Mets prospects that the team had been uncharacteristically aggressive in promoting to start the 2015 season. It was uncharacteristic in the sense that the team has generally been somewhat conservative with many of their prospects under General Manager Sandy Alderson's regime. It's unclear whether it was a [...]
One of the bigger questions heading into the 2015 season was how much production the Mets could realistically expect from their aging corner outfielders Curtis Granderson and Michael Cuddyer. The Mets signed Granderson in the winter of 2013 to what remains the largest free-agent contract during Sandy Alderson's time as the team's General Manager. The [...]
We're still very early in the season, which means we're still deep into small sample size territory. That doesn't mean we can't start analyzing what's happened so far, though, especially against the backdrop of the questions with which we entered the season. One of those major questions regarded what we could expect from a post-surgery [...]
The St. Lucie Mets recently announced their 2015 roster, and it is chock-full of exciting prospects. First-rounders outfielder Michael Conforto (2014) and first baseman Dominic Smith (2013) headline a group a position prospects that also includes budding prospect darling shortstop Amed Rosario and third baseman Jhoan Urena, who is gaining some recognition as well. Outfielders [...]
Spring Training is winding down and we approach the regular season with, despite the sprinklings of bad news, what amounts to the most optimism in Queens in what seems like forever. Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom are dominating hitters, David Wright looks to be getting back to his old self, and the signing of Michael [...]
Part of the fallout of the news of Zack Wheeler's impending Tommy John (TJ) surgery has been the commentary on the way in which the Mets managed his innings and (later reported) ailments last season. There have been plenty of Monday morning doctors, fueled by tidbits of information spun into speculation by the media, suggesting [...]
Zack Wheeler was scratched from his Grapefruit League start against the Nationals today because of what has been deemed elbow tendinitis. Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson didn't seem too concerned, claiming that Wheeler pitched with the same issue during stretches of last season. We won't touch on just how alarming that latter statement was, but [...]
Mets manager Terry Collins has made it clear that the leadoff spot in the lineup will come down to either Curtis Granderson or Juan Lagares. His preference, as of last week, is Lagares. That's not much of a surprise considering Lagares is the only starter on the team with any kind of speed. The team [...]
Ex-Met shortstop Jose Reyes made a small bit of news this week when he was critical of Ruben Tejada's inability to lock down the starting shortstop job. Specifically, Reyes insinuated that perhaps Tejada simply had not put in the required work to hold it down long-term. This is mostly of note because Reyes isn't very [...]
According to ESPN's Adam Rubin, Jon Niese's physical condition has been getting praise after he attended the infamous Mike Barwis fitness camp. That's a positive sign, though pretty much all players that attend the camp seem to get the same praise. A bigger take away from that piece was the note on the drop in [...]