The Mets made their first significant free agent signing of the Steve Cohen era, getting reliever Trevor May on a two-year deal believed to be for around $15 million total. May has great strikeout rates but his overall performance last year was not all that special. In 2019, when he worked with current Mets pitching [...]
Reports have come out that the Phillies lost $145 million during the past season. Maybe it's true, although my advice is to take that number with a gigantic grain of salt. According to Forbes, the Phillies in 2019 had $108 million in gate receipts, which includes club seats. Forbes also shows the team with $73 [...]
All of us were knocked for a loop over the Covid madness of 2020. The joke is if 2020 was a product, everyone would rate it one star with the "wouldn't recommend" tagline. But as Mets fans, the last few months of 2020 have been the best we've experienced in several years. Since then, we've [...]
John updates the latest on potential front office hires
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John covers the reactions to the Steve Cohen/Sandy Alderson press conferences
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A terrific piece giving updates from just-deposed Jared Banner on guys who appeared in Instructional League before it was shut down for Covid positive tests. Neither Pete Crow-Armstrong nor Isaiah Greene, the Mets’ respective first-round and second-compensation round picks from this year’s Draft, have disappointed in their introduction to pro ball, as both prep outfielders [...]
For the past seven weeks, we've been involved with a syndication of sorts with Mack's Mets, where they link to our articles. This was the brainchild of John from Albany. Starting today, we're going to dip our toes in the water and reciprocate a little. John writes a daily links column, which sounds easy until [...]
A lot of people are coming up with trade packages for Francisco Lindor. Yesterday, SNY modeled a trade based on what the Dodgers paid for Mookie Betts. Here's an fWAR comparison of Betts and Lindor the last five years: Betts - 3.0, 6.6, 10.4, 5.3, 8.3 = 33.6 Lindor - 1.7, 4.4, 7.6, 5.7, 5.5 [...]
The Mets' five trips to the World Series all rank in the top half of the list, with the lowest-rated one checking in at #44. Here's part of the blurb on the 2000 Series: Game 5 was the last time a starting pitcher was allowed to face the potential winning run in the ninth inning [...]
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