With spring training just around the corner, the roster for the 2014 Mets looks to be rounding into shape. Although all the roles on the team have not yet been defined, the team still looks to be lacking in veteran bullpen arms. The Mets as much as any other team should know the value of [...]
As the days dwindle down toward Spring Training and Opening Day, it becomes more and more likely that the players the Mets currently have on the payroll are the players we will see on Opening Day. The Mets and Sandy Alderson have made a couple of interesting moves that will dictate the lineup when it [...]
All the leaves are gone and the sky is grey. A look out the window yields brittle grass, bare branches, leaden skies and whipping winds. It’s January and even though winter is officially only four-and-a-half weeks old at this writing, it already feels like forever. On these here interwebs, there are countdowns to spring training [...]
In 2000, the Mets lost out on what, at the time, looked like a future Hall of Fame player in Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez was coming off a year in which he hit .316 with 41 home runs and 132 RBI’s. The deal the Mets offered Rodriguez would have been around ten years. From 2001-2011, Rodriguez [...]
It seems that the Mets are done spending big money this offseason, although the Stephen Drew saga is not over. But, that doesn’t rule out some minor league or low money deals to help bolster the rotation and bullpen. One of the names that the Mets should target is Andrew Bailey, who was non-tender by [...]
The past two seasons have been dubbed “The Year(s) Of The Pitcher.” This is a retread of the label first trotted out in 1968, in response to record-shattering mound performances by the likes of Bob Gibson, Denny McLain and fine years by several other hurlers, including our own Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman. At that [...]
To explain exactly what it means to be a Mets fan over the past decade or so, you need look no further than Matt Harvey in 2013. Harvey was a name known to die-hard Mets fans when he came up in late 2012, where he posted a 2.73 ERA with 70 strikeouts and 26 walks [...]
We’re Met fans. We don’t really care if Alex Rodriguez plays in 2014 or beyond. Most of us would still love it if the Yankees to be forced to pay him, but we don’t care if he’s wearing pinstripes in the majors ever again. 60 Minutes did a report that troubled me, a Met fan, [...]
Now that all the anger and frustration stemming from last Tuesday’s Baseball Hall of Fame vote has died down somewhat, it’s time for one last article until we pack the topic of Cooperstown away for the next six months. The purpose of this article, as the title suggests, is not for me to express my [...]
Note: This is the first part of a short series comparing (at a high level) where the Mets roster stood last year at this time and where it stands heading into Spring Training 2014. We're quickly approaching the reporting date for pitchers and catchers and the start of baseball for 2014. The off-season may not [...]
Earlier this week the Mets announced that Frank Viola would be the pitching coach for Wally Backman in Triple-A Las Vegas. Viola, who has won raves for his work in this role, takes over for Randy St. Claire, who was also generally well-regarded as a pitching coach. This will be Viola’s fourth year as a [...]
Most of the top free agent hitters have inked deals for 2014 and beyond but the same cannot be said for the top free agent pitchers. Seemingly, everyone is waiting to see where Masahiro Tanaka lands – and for how much – before the other top hurlers make their deals. Ervin Santana, Matt Garza, Ubaldo [...]