With the Winter Meetings going at full tilt this week it means that for all I know while writing this the Mets on Tuesday night signed Ben Zobrist, Geraldo Parra, and a kick-butt reliever to be named later while simultaneously being deep in trade talks for a legitimate shortstop. So if it looks like this [...]
Ben Zobrist has been a favorite of mine for many years now. The Mets are coming off their best season in ages, due in no small part to the moves made by the current front office. That same front office has made targeting Zobrist its number-one priority this offseason. Given that information, why is there [...]
Just as Santa Claus symbolizes Christmas hopes and dreams for little girls and boys, Mr. Met epitomizes them for the thousands of grownup boys and girls who root for the team from Queens. Our wildest dreams nearly came true in 2015 and we were all thrilled and excited to be back in the World Series [...]
As this is written, MLB executives throughout the land are packing their bags and preparing for their annual swap meet/trade show, the Winter Meetings. Fans of downtrodden teams – as the Mets had been, until this year – hope to see their squad make a splash. They hope their team will suddenly become “relevant” with [...]
Whether it is how well your sports team did last year or your son’s weekly bowling scores it is human nature to always want to see improvement from year to year (or week to week). One of my favorite sports quotes came from the undistinguished 1950s starting pitcher Billy Loes. He said, “Never win 20 [...]
As the offseason progresses, it seems that the offseason gets slower and slower. With all the chatter about the Mets looking to upgrade on offense, at times it seems like the only problem not facing the Mets these days is the rotation. That being said, the Mets should make a change in their area of [...]
Yoenis Cespedes is a beast. Physicists examine the explosion of ball off his bat for the Big Bang Theory. His home runs make fireworks look like pop caps. He runs so fast he makes Speedy Gonzalez look like regular Gonzalez. He is, the most interesting man in baseball. Cespedes joined the New York Mets for [...]
If you go way way back in Mets history you know that the earliest off seasons featured the team’s front office just trying to add some major league caliber players to the roster. But if you fast forward to the modern era of bullpen usage you know that one off season task the Mets continually [...]
There’s always speculation this time of year about what free agents the Mets might sign and what trades we might make. But this year the hot stove is really boiling over. Playing in the World Series and then having arguably your two best hitters hit free agency will do that. Adding to the intrigue is [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! May all of your family and football traditions go off without a hitch. Obviously, here we’re all thankful that the Mets made the World Series and we had baseball into November. In that way, it seems like Thanksgiving is coming mighty early this year. Another thing that makes it odd is that there’s [...]
Hi! Happy Thanksgiving! You haven’t seen me in awhile. A nefarious set of circumstances has kept your intrepid columnist away from the keyboard these past three Thursdays and it’s good to be back. At long last, finally thawed out and recovered from some wintery exercises at Citi Field – among other activities – a post-season [...]
The Mets seem to be notorious for trading away good talent for little in return, not trading for someone who could have made a difference, and keeping players who should be traded too long. While there are a number of players who fit into each one of these categories, I would like to focus on [...]