So far this offseason, rookie GM Brodie Van Wagenen has been wheeling and dealing players as much or more than any Mets GM ever. By signing Wilson Ramos and shipping out Kevin Plawecki, he’s remade the catching corps. He’s tinkered…
There’s safety in doing things the way every other team does things. Sometimes this is smart percentage baseball at work and other times it’s done for no other reason than to avoid second guessing. How many times did we hear,…
If you missed Jeff McNeil bursting onto the scene in 2018, you missed the one of the best things about the entire New York Mets season. McNeil is built from a thread that could have been weaved from Billy Beane…
The Mets should have signed Yasmani Grandal and Marwin Gonzalez. Instead, in typical cost-cutting, short-sighted fashion, we have brought in Wilson Ramos and Jed Lowrie. In the latest head scratcher, the Mets signed Lowrie to a two-year, $20-million contract. It’s a…
Would you rather get five small gifts or one big one for your birthday? Would you rather get three or four B-level free agents or one super star?
In a move that virtually no one saw coming, the Mets added to their infield arsenal by signing free agent Jed Lowrie to a 2/$20 million deal. An All-Star for the A’s in 2018, Lowrie delivered 23 HR and 99…
If you recently became a fan of the Mets, particularly since May 16th 2018, then you may not be familiar with Juan Lagares. It is because the oft-injured center fielder has been on and off the disabled list over the…
The Mets made two deals for guys who are on the Quad-A/MLB edge and gave up guys who might actually be useful in order to do so. The one that will get everyone’s attention is shipping Kevin Plawecki to the…
The Mets sent pitchers Bobby Wahl and Adam Hill, along with infielder Felix Valerio to the Brewers for outfielder Keon Broxton. In 2017, Broxton hit 20 HR for Milwaukee but he was unable to follow that up with a strong…
Baseball, undoubtedly, is a sport that has evolved as much as modern technology. With every invention brought into society, there has been another root upended from America’s pastime. There really are no baseball purists left, no matter how much they…
Brodie Van Wagenen has hit the ground running as the new Mets GM, with a headline grabbing trade and several free agent signings. If the season began today, the team would be better than the one that took the field…
We want perfect information but we rarely, if ever, get it. One area where we probably shouldn’t get perfect information in the public arena is what a team’s payroll is going to be. If the Wilpons declare from up high…
