Perspectives is a compilation of news, columns and team analysis
Zack Wheeler had fairly a solid season in 2014. He’s now had a year and a half of generally successful major league time, though he’s still not the front-line starter that many had predicted he could become. He’s still very…
Next up in our projection series is Zack Wheeler. Wheeler’s first full season in the major leagues was promising as it was frustrating – with him realizing improvements in most of his underlying peripheral stats including strikeout rate, walk rate,…
The long winter is almost over, so on this Saturday morning you gets bits and pieces—we are all gearing up for February and that magical moment when actual players report for actual, official, baseball activities. Pitchers and catchers report to…
Baseball Prospectus recently came out with a prediction for the Mets record in 2015. They predicted that the Mets would win 82 games and lose 80. The question of course is whether this is possible or not. Potentially, this is…
Now in his fifth offseason as General Manager of the Mets, Sandy Alderson has a large enough sample size of free agent signings for us fans and critics to pass judgment. Following the 2010 season, Alderson was hired as GM…
Barring any Spring Training trade (ha!) or injury, the Mets’ 2015 Opening Day roster is pretty much set. There’s the usual battles for roster spots 23-25 but hopefully those are among players who have already seen time in the majors…
At this point in time, it’s safe to say that most of us are Daniel Murphy fans. That being said, the cold truth is that this time next year, we won’t be doing a prediction for him because he’ll be…
In baseball circles, the word “Mets” is on a lot of peoples’ lips. In years past, this was a good thing in January. It meant signing Carlos Beltran, or Billy Wagner
Citi Field is currently buried in snow, as is the rest of the northeast, with many Mets fans only wanting to focus on warmer climates and when the team will head south. However, in these next three or so weeks…
When you run a baseball team in the biggest market in the world and your budget in 2015 is 19th in the sport, it’s a little insulting to the fanbase to shell out nearly 1/10th of that budget to a…
Right now, MLB.com is in the middle of posting their top ten prospects at each position. So far five positions have been reviewed: right-handed pitcher, left-handed pitcher, catcher, first base, and second base. The Mets have a prospect on each…
In Juan Lagares’ first three seasons in the Mets organization – from 2006 to 2008 – he committed 73 errors in 195 games. He was also a shortstop. In 2009, the decision was made to move Lagares to the outfield,…
