There's been a lot written about the quality of the Mets' homegrown starting pitching, both in the current rotation and on the horizon. Matt Harvey emerged as one of the game's most dominant young starters in 2013 and, though he will miss 2014, is poised to front the rotation for years to come. Blue-chip prospect [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jim Thome has 612 career home runs, and ranks 7th on the All-Time home run list. He has a career average of .276, OBP of .402, and OPS of .956. He also struck out 2,548 times. For better and for worse, this is the kind of hitter Ike Davis needs to be. The suggestion is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As of today, the Stephen Drew free agent market is in a holding pattern, waiting to land in one of what appears to be two destinations; Boston or New York. In essence, Drew has become this year’s Michael Bourn, a quality major league player left with limited suitors. The Mets may be in very good [...]
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 [...]
It's been a great year at Mets360. This writer has been honored to be part of the group of talented individuals to join Brian and the rest of Mets360's outstanding staff in 2013. I am extremely thankful and appreciative to Brian, the staff, and all of the visitors who take the time to read and [...]
The Mets reportedly failed to get top pitching prospect Eduardo Rodriguez from the Orioles in return for Ike Davis. The conundrum seems to be that the Mets still see value in Davis, while most team see Davis for what he is: a guy who hits dingers and really doesn’t do anything else all that well. [...]
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