Edgardo Alfonzo leads the Brooklyn club to a championship. His reward? Well, he got canned. Now he's getting inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. Talk about mixed messages. The Mets are now looking to replace the former role of new manager Luis Rojas -- quality control coach. Wouldn't it be something if Alfonzo ended [...]
If “Robo Umps” are going to continue calling balls and strikes, they need to be ready to hear the good and the bad from the fans, just like their human counterparts. And for that, they’re going to need names. That’s the consensus of the teams of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), which announced [...]
It's been an eventful offseason for the NL East. The Braves lost Josh Donaldson but gain Cole Hamels and Marcell Ozuna. The Nationals lost Anthony Rendon but bolstered their bullpen, which was such a sore spot last year. The Phillies added Zack Wheeler and Didi Gregorius. Even the Marlins got in on the act, signing [...]
A couple of days ago, MetsBlog posted video of Yoenis Cespedes working out in Port St. Lucie. The video showed him running, taking BP and making a fun catch with a rifle throw. https://twitter.com/i/status/1219347124485349376 Not bad for a guy who missed all of last year and most of the previous one. If he's able to [...]
On Wednesday, speculation developed that not only did the Astros use technology to steal signs, they allegedly used wearable devices that would buzz to alert them which pitch was coming. Jose Altuve, who hit a walkoff homer to send Houston to the World Series, was one player mentioned in regards to the wearables. "As he [...]
News came out recently that the Rockies' desire to trade Nolan Arenado has only increased since the idea was first floated last autumn. Arenado is owed a lot of money over a lot of years, which normally would eliminate the Mets from consideration. But we're living in bizarre times, so maybe we shouldn't rule it [...]
The Mets had 12 relievers throw at least 10 innings for them in 2019. Four of those 12 had an ERA under 4.00 and here's how the other eight fared: Robert Gsellman - 4.66 ERA -- 63.2 IP, 33 ER Jeurys Familia - 5.70 ERA -- 60 IP, 38 ER Edwin Diaz - 5.59 ERA [...]
If healthy, we all expect Robinson Cano to get 130 or more starts in 2020. But it seems that almost none of us would manage the team that way if we had any say in the matter. But, what would be the ideal way to approach it, assuming that all participants are healthy and ready [...]
As fans, we're dealing with imperfect information. The best we can do is try to grab as much info as we can and combine that with historical precedent and common sense and use that to try to put the odds in our favor. It was shocking when the Mets signed Rick Porcello because that deal [...]
When Dominic Smith made his MLB debut, he had trouble buying a hit (.218 BABIP) but hit for more power than we expected (.198 ISO) him to. The following year, his BABIP came up to .297 and his ISO remained stable, with a .196 mark. But his K rate was an unsightly 31.5%. Then this [...]
We know that Jacob deGrom is the only pitcher in Mets history to win back-to-back CY Awards. But does that mean he's put up the best two consecutive years in franchise history? Let's use fWAR to check. deGrom - 2018 (9.0) and 2019 (7.0) - 16 fWAR Dwight Gooden - 1984 (8.3) and 1985 (8.9) [...]
At the risk of jinxing him, Pete Alonso will be named Rookie of the Year later today. He joins five previous Mets to win the award. They are: Tom Seaver, 1967 Jon Matlack, 1972 Darryl Strawberry, 1983 Dwight Gooden, 1984 Jacob deGrom, 2014 After going 30 years between award winners Gooden and deGrom, it's nice [...]