Major League Baseball's proposed 60-game season is tentatively set to start in less than a month, but it's certainly more than simply a shortened version of the marathon we've grown accustomed to over the last century. Beyond the reduced number of games, there are aspects of the season that, in many ways, will make it [...]
Did that article title make you throw up a little? That's understandable. Like it or not, however, the designated hitter (DH) is coming to the National League (NL) for the 2020 season. It will once again vanish into the ether in 2021 like some bad dream, but it will most certainly come back for good [...]
Two of the most interesting things about Mets pitcher Steven Matz have (mostly) nothing to do with his numbers on the field. Like teammate Jacob deGrom, Matz consistently goes about his business in a professional manner that contrasts with the club chaos that often surrounds him. Perhaps more interesting, however, is that he isn't really [...]
News of Noah Syndergaard's Tommy John surgery, which occurred successfully this past Thursday in Florida, wasn't really all that surprising given the prevalence of the procedure across baseball and the max effort delivery of his 100+ mph heaters. It was actually more surprising that he was the lone outlier in his own rotation for two [...]
It feels like ages since the Mets entered a season with an offense widely considered to be a potent weapon, but that's the case as we head into a 2020 campaign replete with high expectations. A lineup stacked with reigning Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso, a resurgent Michael Conforto, a rising J.D. Davis, a [...]
According FanGraphs' Steamer system, the 2020 New York Mets are projected to have the top bullpen in the National League and the third-best relief corps in all of baseball with an even 5.0 fWAR. That's a seemingly preposterous notion to a fan base that suffered through a season sunk by what was, for large parts [...]
Our Mets360 preseason projection review series now turns its attention to a trio of catchers in Travis d'Arnaud, Rene Rivera, and Kevin Plawecki. Like the 2017 infield, there were questions surrounding the breakdown of playing time for the team's catching corp heading into the season. D'Arnaud's history of injury and poor 2016 combined with Plawecki's [...]
Next up in our preseason projection review series is Yoenis Cespedes, slugger extraordinaire. Cespedes predictably opted out of the short-term deal he signed with the Mets at the end of the 2016 season, once again becoming a free agent. The Mets, amazingly, ponied up the cash to re-sign him to a four year pact shortly [...]
Next up in our preseason projection review series is a trio of infielders in David Wright, Jose Reyes, and Wilmer Flores. The Mets' infield picture heading into the 2017 season was a bit muddied in terms of who played where and how often. They needed to find playing time for the trio, and the question [...]
The next player in our preseason projection review series is our last pitcher, Steven Matz. Matz was quite good in the parts of two seasons he did pitch heading into the 2017 campaign, including his efforts for the team as they rocketed to the World Series in 2015. The problem, of course, is that he's [...]
Curtis Granderson is next up in our preseason projection review series. Granderson was the last of the veterans shipped out last summer when he was traded to the Dodgers for relief prospect Jacob Rhame in August. The big unknown heading into the 2017 season, besides the potential for a drop off in production, was how [...]
Matt Harvey is next up in our preseason projection review series, and to say he put forth a disappointing performance would be...well it would be a gross misrepresentation of the dumpster fire that was his 2017 season. His 2016 season was cut short after just 17 mediocre games and the revelation that he needed surgery [...]