What to expect when you’re expecting Travis d’Arnaud

Baseball players face many obstacles in their development playing in the minor leagues, many they cannot control.  The molding of a major league player starts off in rookie leagues after the entry draft, and the ascent through the minor leagues begins as success perpetuates.  However, if success eludes a budding talent, the ascent stops, and [...]

It’s about the name on the front of the jersey, not the back

It’s a concept that has taken me some time to adopt, but it’s one that makes a lot of sense. This Mets front office has set up this philosophy that the star power doesn’t matter; it’s the “Mets” on the front that matters. As a New York fan, it’s easy to want to bring in [...]

Roundtable: What are Terry Collins’ strengths as a manager?

Early Thursday morning the Mets were involved in another extra innings game. Carlos Torres was cruising and had thrown only 17 pitches in two innings but Terry Collins removed him so he could get Pedro Feliciano on the mound. The Dodgers had two lefties due up in the inning but in the middle was Yasiel [...]

Will Eric Young’s slump pave the way for more playing time for Andrew Brown?

What can Brown do you? Surely you have heard this redundant catchphrase, (in posts, blogs, twitter, Facebook, etc.) when basically, anyone with the surname Brown does something well in sports, right? Well, the superfluous motto used for UPS will be used once again, this time in this column in regards to what Andrew Brown can [...]

Mets should explore signing Cuban defector Jose Abreu

Cuban sensation Jose Abreu has defected from his home land, according to the media, and Abreu's friend and Baltimore Orioles rookie outfielder Henry Urrutia. The 26 year old phenom is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players to defect from the island, with good reason. In the five Serie Nacional de Beisbol Abreu [...]

Jenrry Mejia’s transformation through three starts each season

Every Mets fan that witnessed the incredible achievements of Jenrry Mejia during Spring Training 2010, realizes that the sky is the limit for him. When Jerry Manuel begged Omar Minaya to bring Mejia to the major league roster some were very supportive of bringing the future directly to the majors, while others were skeptical. Regardless [...]

Jenrry Mejia And Matt Harvey: A Real One-Two Punch?

Your intrepid columnist likes to think long thoughts, sometimes. Jenrry Mejia was mowing down Dodger after Dodger for six innings until he was betrayed by some bad defense -- “Oh, Murph…” goes the Twitter lament when Daniel Murphy makes a gaffe like last night’s – and atrocious umpiring. A graphic on SNY told the columnist [...]

Mets need to overhaul how they handle their lefty hitters

There’s a lot to like about Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins. We have Zack Wheeler here now and Travis d’Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard on the way because of Alderson’s ability to cash in on an asset. Now that Jordany Valdespin is no longer on the club, the Mets seem to be filled with players who [...]

Comparing Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler after 10 starts

Saturday night Zack Wheeler made his 10th start of the year, matching what Matt Harvey did in his rookie season of 2012 before being shut down for the year. Wheeler will continue to make more starts for the Mets but let’s use this moment to compare what the Mets’ two young aces did in their [...]