After a two-month hiatus, it’s way past time for a Roundtable! I reached out to friends in the blogosphere to answer the following questions: Were you in favor of the David Wright extension? What do you expect him to produce in 2013? These people all do great work and their names are hyperlinked to their [...]
Despite a flurry of off-season moves by teams all over the Majors - some more surprising than others – the Mets are the only team in MLB that has not signed a single free agent to a Major League deal. They committed to franchise player David Wright by signing him to a $138 million contract [...]
One of the more intriguing storylines for the Mets’ last year was the up and down season Ike Davis had to endure. It was a tale of two halves for Davis, for Davis was the Mets’ version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Davis, while overcoming an ankle injury he sustained in 2011 and then [...]
Ruben Tejada has little speed and less power. Yet despite that damning duo, Tejada was able to post a 2.1 fWAR last year in 114 games. If he plays a full season in 2013, it’s within reach for the Mets’ 23-year-old shortstop to put up a 3-WAR year. Mets fans got used to that type [...]
The confetti has gone limp & damp. What was once an exuberant symbol of all-night revelry is now simply so much more Times Square litter. As we rouse ourselves and shake whatever cobwebs exist between our respective ears, we realize it’s a day for fresh starts, clean slates, new beginnings. It’s almost like Opening Day [...]
With the holidays coming to a close, the annual tradition of evaluating our lives and resolving to make them better has begun. Of course, I am referring to New Year's resolutions. While on a personal level, this can be an important step, we never seem to make a resolution as sports fans. Why wouldn't we [...]
Looking for a topic to write about, I went over to the official Mets site to look at how the guys playing Winter Ball did. Usually you can find someone hitting the cover off the ball but of the 16 hitters in various leagues, the highest OPS was the .834 posted by Juan Carlos Gamboa [...]
On Thursday afternoon, the Mets announced the signing of LHP Aaron Laffey to a minor-league deal. Laffey pitched last year in Toronto and made 22 appearances (16 starts) while going 4-6 with a 4.56 ERA. The Mets are hoping that Laffey can resurrect his once promising career and become a formidable force out of the [...]
It would not surprise me if someone had a database of all of the trades in MLB history and they said that it was not all that unusual for a team to make a trade and receive three minor league guys and a major league player. But my guess is that it’s quite uncommon to [...]
Despite gaping holes in the outfield and the bullpen, there has been a bunch of speculation recently about the Mets chasing another starting pitcher. Okay, it’s the offseason and I know all too well how exciting it is to have something new to write about in late December. Still, would it be too much to [...]
The Mayan Apocalypse has come and gone and the world is still here, which means it’s time to start Christmas shopping. No doubt lots of you want to leave coal in the stockings of everyone related to the Mets but let’s at least give the players something that they really need. With that in mind, [...]
Now that the R.A. Dickey and David Wright questions have been answered, the Mets can move on to other business. But before we can get into specifics, let’s go back and look at one of the most fundamental questions there is as far as team building: What’s the available payroll for 2013? After last year, [...]