We’ve got about two months to the trading deadline. Will the Mets be a factor? Will they make a deal? MLB Rumors just published their 2014 Free Agent Top Ten Rankings. Is there anyone on this list that might be available at the end of July? If so, could any of them conceivably interest Sandy [...]
Round 1: With the 11th pick overall the Mets will likely be drafting a college outfielder. The good news is that this draft is deep in college outfielders. Once upon a time I might have hoped for Kris Bryant, but that is pretty well impossible. So who are we looking at? #11, Hope For – [...]
Well, so much for riding the momentum of sweeping the Yankees. As it is a common occurrence to the Mets and their fans, they tend to show up for the big affairs but fail to get up for teams they should beat. After riding into Miami with a five-game winning streak, the Mets were once [...]
The First-Year Player Draft is a week away. The 2013 edition of the draft will take place on June 6-8 and the Mets are primed to get a highly-touted first round selection when they make their first pick in the 11th spot. The Mets have the foundation for what could be a great rotation some [...]
So, the Mets swept the Yankees for the first time in their regular season history. Sill kind of hard to believe that conceivably the biggest wins of the season came before June started, but that the way it seems. What? Oh, yes there is what happened 40 summers ago, but that was due to a [...]
What a difference a week makes. After Saturday’s loss to the Braves, the Mets had dropped five in a row, Dillon Gee had gotten pounded, the offense looked inept and there were seemingly questions everywhere with answers that ranged from “not helpful” to “did you really suggest that with a straight face” across the board. [...]
The Mets have had a heck of a week so far. After dropping five straight at home to the likes of the Reds and Braves – no shame in that; the rest of the National League has been doing the same – the Mets took the final game against Atlanta, then three straight vs. the [...]
Finally Jeremy Hefner can exhale. After countless good starts, Hefner finally broke into the win column on Wednesday night as the Mets assured themselves of winning the Subway Series against the Yankees (first time since 2008) after winning 9-4. For the first time this year, the Mets have pieced together a four-game winning streak. Fancy [...]
Somewhat unbelievably, John Buck, Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada are all in the lineup again tonight. In the last 24 days, the Mets have played 22 games. Here’s how Buck, Davis and Tejada have done in this stretch: JB – 19 G, 75 PA, .65 ABs, 482 OPS, .154/.267/.215, 23 Ks ID – 21 G, [...]
Over the past two years there have been a number of moments that will stick with Mets’ fans forever. One of those moments was the first career hit for Jordany Valdespin, a pinch-hit go ahead 3-run home run off of Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon last year. He instantly became fan favorite with Mets fans; as [...]
The Mets had a .400 winning percentage in April and with four games remaining in May their winning percentage checks in at .390 for the month. It would be an easy conclusion to say that this is who the Mets are as a team yet the way they reached these marks is so different that [...]
Ike Davis is easily the most perplexing player on the Mets roster right now. Now in his fourth season since being called up in 2010, Davis has posted one-and-a-quarter good seasons, and one-and-a-quarter horrendous ones. He has looked like two completely different ballplayers. Davis’ early triumphs on the field have perhaps given him some leeway [...]