What do we have if we don’t have d’Arnaud?

The New York Mets are anticipating a healthy and solid growth year from Travis d’Arnaud this year. This contribution doesn’t necessarily have to be in the form of HRs or RBIs. A full season with 400 ABs, a decent batting average, some developing rapport with the pitching staff will likely satisfy most expectations. But what [...]

How much authority should the Mets’ manager have?

There’s a great story about Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston. The team was traveling on an old bus and the players were complaining mightily about it. Alston stood up and told the team to shut up. Furthermore, if anyone had any problems, they could stop the bus and walk outside and settle things the [...]

Mets can score more by modeling their 2011 offense

In 2011 the Mets were not a very good team. They had finished fourth in the division, didn’t have any kind of consistent pitching, and couldn’t keep their stars healthy. Despite these struggles the Mets had a trait that is needed right now- the ability to score runs. They figured out ways to score runs [...]

First base competition will bring the best out of Lucas Duda

The Mets have been unable to trade Ike Davis. The Pirates, Orioles and Brewers don’t seem to be willing to pay the price tag that the Mets have set for the young first baseman.  But that might not be a bad thing. A lot of reporters, bloggers and fans seem to be annoyed with the [...]

New Year’s Resolutions for five Mets stars

It is now officially 2014! This means that people have begun to make their New Year's resolutions, including players on the New York Mets. Therefore, I have come up with the most likely New Year's resolutions for David Wright, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Bartolo Colon, and Curtis Granderson. Of course, I cannot get inside these [...]

On PEDs, the Hall of Fame, and Murray Chass

Murray Chass may have retired from the New York Times in 2008, but that hasn’t stopped him from sharing his baseball opinions with people through his blog. In a post on Thursday, he implored Baseball Hall of Fame voters to not reward managers of players who used performance enhancing drugs like Joe Torre and Tony [...]

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