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 [...]
If you ask who the biggest stars were in Sunday night’s win over the Braves, most people would answer Shaun Marcum, who fanned 12 batters in seven innings, or Ike Davis, who had a two-run single to give the Mets the lead in the eighth inning. Perhaps some would mention Bobby Parnell, who cruised through [...]
Earlier this week ESPN's Adam Rubin wondered, "Where are the Moneyball players with the Mets?" Rubin lists several players signed by the Mets since Sandy Alderson took over as General Manager that did and did not fit the mold of "productive free agents signed to small contracts." It's an interesting question, since "Moneyball" isn't so [...]
Since the beginning of the 2012 season the Mets have been patient with Ike Davis’s struggles. They even kept him in the majors, allowing him to turn around his season, putting up a wRC+ of 141, offsetting his wRC+ of 79 in the first half. However, his start to this season has been nightmarish. Hitting [...]
About a month ago (on April 20th), we looked at the way the draft might play out for the Mets who hold the 11th pick in the draft. Since then, we’ve had some draft order movement. Based on mlb.com, we’re seeing the top of the order now looking like: 1) Mark Appel (was #1) 2) [...]
It was a demoralizing scene if I ever saw one. In the bottom of the 8th inning in Friday night’s game vs. the Braves, Ike Davis struck out for the fourth time in the game while looking hopeless at the plate. Once again, Davis earned the dreaded “golden sombrero.” This was the third time this [...]
With the way Matt Harvey is pitching to begin his career he is drawing comparisons to some of the greatest right-handed starting pitchers of all-time. “Harvey is a modern day Roger Clemens,” said MLB analyst Mitch Williams on the MLB Network. Sports Illustrated compared Harvey to a young Dwight Gooden and White Sox manager Robin [...]
The Mets obviously have a lot of problems—pick your favorite. You can pick from the struggles of Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada, the whole mess of an outfield, the bullpen, etc. And of course, you can look at the rotation (sans Matt Harvey) for a lion’s share of the blame. I don’t need to [...]
Tuesday’s column on Wilmer Flores drew a strong reaction so I thought I would ask my friends in the blogosphere about his trade value. I asked them to respond to the following questions: Flores is 21 and playing at Triple-A, one of the four youngest full-time position players in the PCL. He also was not [...]
Wednesday’s ninth inning was remarkable, unfortunately not in a good way for the Mets. Has anyone ever seen runs score because a first baseman chose not to field a ground ball? And if that wasn’t enough, more runs scored when a broken-bat hit blooped over Ruben Tejada’s head. Three runs scored because of circumstances that [...]
With 2013 being touted as a rebuilding year for the Mets, most fans are excited to see the debut of prospects like Travis d’Arnuad and Zack Wheeler. It is now May and the talk of these prospects is heating up. d’Arnuad is out with a broken foot and is due back soon while Wheeler just [...]
2010 TOPPS NATIONAL CHICLE TOM SEAVER If you're anything like me, you've long imagined a world in which Tom Seaver was a malevolent force of pure evil. It is a world where Jim Qualls was savagely eviscerated on July 10, 1969. A dark realm where a disemboweled Leron Lee was discovered on July 5, 1972. [...]