Upper level IP totals for Noah Syndergaard and other prospects

Yesterday I advocated for the Mets to give their young pitchers a shot, rather than going out and finding the 2014 version of Chris Capuano, Chris Young or Shaun Marcum. But how realistic is it that Sandy Alderson and friends will allow their youngsters a chance to prove themselves? Judging by their actions in late [...]

Mets360’s 2013 Pre-Season Predictions – How’d We Do? Matt Harvey Edition

Welcome to the off-season. Once again, since the Mets are not one of the ten participants in the post-season, it’s time instead for some post-mortem. In this new series, the Mets360 staff will take a look back at our pre-season previews and see how they played out. Just a fun little ongoing exercise to while [...]

What does Alderson need to do to please the fans?

Sandy Alderson was brought in to rebuild a franchise heading down the path of becoming a train wreck. During his reign here in Flushing, he has started to implement a new mindset and a new philosophy on how to play baseball. That started with bringing in Terry Collins, bringing in bullpen pieces on a year-to-year [...]

Mets360’s 2013 Pre-Season Predictions – How’d We Do? Mets’ Catchers Edition

Welcome to the off-season. Once again, since the Mets are not one of the ten participants in the post-season, it’s time instead for some post-mortem. In this new series, the Mets360 staff will take a look back at our pre-season previews and see how they played out. Just a fun little ongoing exercise to while [...]

What does the future hold for defensive star Juan Lagares?

Perhaps the best thing that happened for the Mets in 2013 was the arrival of Juan Lagares. While it took an injury to Matt den Dekker, an unbelievably quick hook with Collin Cowgill and fall flat on their face efforts from Rick Ankiel, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Jordany Valdespin – the Mets ultimately turned to Lagares [...]