The Mets, David Wright and the road less traveled

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,  And sorry I could not travel both               And be one traveler, long I stood              And looked down one as far as I could   To where it bent in the undergrowth;                Then took the other, as just as fair,         And having perhaps the better claim,     Because it [...]

Shoppach making his case to be everyday catcher

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how the next couple of months were going to be critical for Josh Thole and his future with the Mets. What I didn’t know was that the Mets were going to acquire Kelly Shoppach from the Boston Red Sox and really throw a wrench into the [...]

R.A. Dickey’s resurgence, odd SB trio, Wright’s second-half slump

After he got hosed out of starting the All-Star game, Mets fans want R.A. Dickey to get the Cy Young Award for the 2012 season more so than normal. Unfortunately, he is likely behind Johnny Cueto and Clayton Kershaw at this point in the season in the minds of the voters. There’s still time for [...]

The evolution of the New York Mets: Bargain basement edition

My first post on Terry Collins was fun. It generated a bunch of intelligent comments and, if one chooses to read them in the order they were written, we created a wonderful read on both the Mets and TC. My past administrator blog role prevented me from developing relationships with readers that commented and being [...]

It is time to end the Chris Young era in New York

Tuesday night the Mets scored more runs (9) than they had in their previous five games (8). They pounded out 14 hits, including multi-hit games from five of their first six hitters in the lineup. They had two homers and came back from 4-1 and 5-4 deficits. They also received 5.2 scoreless innings from their [...]

#Mets #SellThisTeam

I’ve decided I want the Fred and Jeff Wilpon to sell the Mets. I’m at the end of my rope with these guys. Maybe 32 years is too long to hang onto something, just for the sake of hanging onto something. It’s almost as if they’re trying to prove a point: see? You can have [...]

Ryan Ellis named FSL Manager of the Year

Editor's note: The following is a press release written by Media Relations Manager Alex Kushel. PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA- The Florida State League announced that St. Lucie Mets manager Ryan Ellis has been named Florida State League’s Manager of the Year. St. Lucie Mets reliever Adam Kolarek was also named to the 2012 Florida State [...]

Jeremy Hefner provides nice value for a waiver claim

For a guy who was waived twice following the 2011 season, Jeremy Hefner has been quite a productive pitcher in 2012 for the Mets. Sunday, Hefner pitched into the ninth inning and ended up with a no-decision in a game where he pitched well enough to win. His final line was 8 IP, 5 H, [...]

Amid Mets’ misery, at least Jon Niese is showing signs of finishing strong

This is just is getting downright depressing. Yes, the Mets yet again lost again last night (3-1), this time to the hapless Houston Astros, a team that has dropped 36 out of their last 43 games prior to Friday. The Mets are now currently riding a six-game losing streak. There appears to be no end [...]

Mets second-half fade nothing new for year ending in “2”

Before the season started, I dismissed those who claimed the Mets could lose 100 games in 2012. But after getting swept in a four-game series at home by a beat-up Rockies team, I am no longer so sure. The Mets still need to win six games the rest of the way and at this point, [...]