Next up in our projection review series, we’ll take a look at the forgotten man of the Mets, Eric Young, Jr. In spring training, Manager Terry Collins caused a small stir when he off-handedly mentioned that Young, Jr. – with his superlative speed -- would make an ideal lead-off hitter for a club that was [...]
Next up in our projection review series, we’ll take a look at first base. When 2014 dawned, the situation was murky, to say the least. Projections could only be made based on strong opinion, rather than history. Nobody had any idea how much playing time was going to be doled out between the nominal incumbent [...]
It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma… That is a famous quote by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, made in 1939. He was trying to forecast what Russia would do in the face of confrontation with Hitler’s Germany, but he may as well have been talking about the 2015 off-season for [...]
Next up in our projection review series – just to see how we did and how wacky some of our projections were – is Juan Lagares. Lagares opened a lot of eyes in 2013 with his outstanding defense, but no one was quite sure what he would do with the bat. The least optimistic of [...]
One of Mets360’s favorite blogs, "2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball," is shutting down . We’re all going to miss Mike & Jimmy’s daily argy-bargy, so in tribute, my friend Brian Joura and I started musing on a few last acts, including the final overs of 2014… Charlie Hangley: For all the guff Terry Collins gets, [...]
Word keeps dribbling out that it’s all but official that the Mets will be extending Sandy Alderson’s contract. According to a source, owner and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon will confirm this worst-kept-secret quite soon. There are some among Mets’ fans who despair at this news. They’ll deride the Mets’ GM as “SMS: Small Market [...]
The Mets have been playing some pretty good ball the past week, don’t you think? Granted, their latest wave of success has been at the expense of two of the NL’s more hapless squads: the decimated Cincinnati Reds and the Colorado Rockies at sea level. But hey, there are no style-points in baseball. The NCAA [...]
The preliminary rounds of “expectation management” have begun. The 2015 MLB schedules have been released and naturally, any fan who roots for a non-contender shifts his or her vision shifts in that direction. As Met fans, many of us have been playing “wait-til-next-year” since the beginning of June, having grown disgusted with the broken promise [...]
Your intrepid columnist is not ashamed to admit he’s a bit of a TV sitcom junkie. He’s seen ‘em come and seen ‘em go. All In The Family, M*A*S*H, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory, both Bob Newhart shows…the list goes on. One of the best, though, is about to have the [...]
The fate of a franchise is an awfully big burden to put on one man’s shoulders. Or should I say shoulder – singular? The Mets are scuffling along, barely surviving August with their dignity intact, the odd triple play notwithstanding. As of this writing, their record stands at 61-70. There have been many chins wagging [...]
The New York Mets have 34 games to play in this frustrating season – wasn’t this supposed to be the year? – and there’s nothing really left for which to play, other than being a spoiler. Whatever chance they might have had for this year to be special disappeared when the front office became paralytic [...]
If you can remember as far back as last week, you might recall that the Washington Nationals were in town for the first time since Opening Week. That series produced no wins for the Mets, and neither did the more recent one. You may have heard that the Mets record in their last 11 games [...]