In case you hadn’t heard, Mets’ uber-phenom Matt Harvey took a trip to sunny Florida yesterday to consult with Dr. James Andrews, the guru of Tommy John surgery. This is an exploratory visit, if you will, to determine the extent of the ligament tear in Harvey’s forearm. If it’s a teeny-tiny tear, then Harvey might [...]
Yesterday I wrote a story about how the Mets should follow in the path of the 2013 A’s. Since there’s no game today, I thought it might be fun to follow up on that and try to do some non-vigorous number crunching. The idea is to throw some ideas about things out there and have [...]
Tomorrow is an important day for the Mets, their fans, and Matt Harvey. It's the day Harvey visits with Dr. James Andrews and finds out whether or not he will need Tommy John surgery. If he doesn't, he should be ready to go for the 2014 season. If he does, that means he will likely [...]
OK Mets fans – name five players on the Oakland A’s. While the A’s play in the AL West, they’re also 86-61 this year, so it shouldn’t be that much of a challenge for a baseball fan to know their top players. Let’s see, there’s dark horse MVP candidate Josh Donaldson, there’s down ballot Cy [...]
The New York Mets released their end-of-season survey earlier this week. One of the questions was how strongly I agree (or disagree) with the statement, “I root for the Mets even when they are losing”. Amongst all the other questions about the team, Citi Field, management, etc, that question lingered with me. Why would the [...]
To say that Travis d’Arnaud has struggled in his debut with the Mets, well, that would be a massive understatement. After another o-for on Friday night, d’Arnaud is now sporting a pathetic .145/.221/.217 slash line to go with just one home run and three RBI’s (in 69 at-bats). After the Mets traded away John Buck [...]
Thursday afternoon the Mets are losing in the ninth inning, 7-2. There are two outs and nobody is on and a lefty comes to the plate. It’s not Joey Votto or Ryan Howard – it’s Denard Span. I mean no disrespect towards Span, who has accumulated 17.7 fWAR in parts of six seasons in the [...]
Now that the Mets have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, the team is ready to conclude their seventh straight season without meaningful October baseball. They are also on their way to a fifth straight losing season. As there are many shortcomings that stand out the past few years, the bullpen’s instability has become an [...]
After being shut out for the second time in three days to the Washington Nationals (and only registering 13 hits in the three games against them thus far), the Mets are limping—all bandaged and wounded—to the finish line. The spirit has been sapped out of this club, and a team could only take so much [...]
That may be a bit of any overstatement, but Mets fans will disagree. Matt Harvey will meet with Dr. James Andrews on Monday, in order to determine if his elbow will require Tommy John surgery. If the surgery is needed, Harvey would miss the entire 2014 season. Harvey missing an entire season, when everything seemed [...]
Tuesday, reports leaked out that WFAN, the nation’s first all-sports radio station, would be carrying New York Yankees games in 2014, leaving the New York Mets to find a new flagship station for next season. While this came as a bit of a surprise to many, there is no need for anyone to be worried [...]
Justin Turner has been a fan favorite in Queens since his crazy 20 RBI in May of 2011, and it was never doubted he would make the opening day roster two years in a row. he has definitely shown that he isn’t exactly consistent when he plays every day, but he will get it done [...]