What if in 2023, the NBA, NFL and NHL existed but there was no baseball? If you were starting MLB from scratch today, how different would it be from what we watch currently? Everything is on the table, so we can remove things or add things however you see fit. Here are things divided into [...]
After three years of Steve Cohen owning the Mets and splashing money around once free agency opened up, the Mets so far this offseason did not make the headlines for free agent signings they had in the previous years. In the offseason following the 2021 campaign, the Mets made big moves, signing Max Scherzer, to [...]
Last year’s holiday party photo had Buck Showalter and Daniel Vogelbach featured prominently, meaning that the jinx is alive and well. At least they didn’t get traded right afterwards, like what happened to Kris Benson and R.A. Dickey back in the day. Keep Quintana and Mendoza in your thoughts and prayers – they’ll need all [...]
From an article here on 10/15/23: If it was a smart move to acquire prospects close to the majors last year at the deadline, is it a smart move to sign free agents that will block those prospects? And what about guys already in the system who took a step forward last year? Should the [...]
With Wednesday's trade with the Brewers, the Mets' 40-man roster stands at 38 players. Most expect the club to add a starting pitcher and an outfielder. There are certainly other areas the Mets could address, too, including designated hitter and the bullpen. Today we'll focus on the pen. Edwin Diaz returns to nail down the [...]
As the Mets continue the march to 2024, bolstering the starting rotation has been the team’s priority as of late, with the team’s pursuit of Yoshinobu Yamamoto (as well as many other clubs’) taking up a lot of the hot stove focus since the conclusion of the Winter Meetings. While the team certainly needs to [...]
The beer commercials for Old Milwaukee told us, "It doesn't get any better than this!" What's the slogan for East Milwaukee?
Rumors: Not only a great album, but also what the MLB offseason exists on. Now that we are all finished with the Shohei Ohtani free agency experience, all focus has shifted to where coveted starter Yonishibu Yammamoto will land. The 25 year-old stud has drawn interest from the New York Mets, Yankees, San Francisco Giants, [...]
Recently, a story came across my Facebook timeline that said when he was an active player and made a road trip to Boston, Dennis Rodman would buy out a Toys-R-Us and deliver it to Children’s Hospital. Rodman, who certainly had multiple issues, did this without any fanfare. This is my preferred way for millionaires and [...]
It’s December in New York and so that means the Hot Stove is heating up. Major League Baseball’s Winter Meeting is convening once again and when baseball executives meet, they can’t help themselves from doing deals. The hottest two players on the free agent front are Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto: Where will they land? [...]
I took my bag into a grocer's store The price is higher than the time before Old man asked me why is it more Dumpster diving is more expensive than it used to be. To get a pitcher with a 6.65 ERA and 1.646 WHIP in 89.1 IP last year, the Mets had to pay [...]
We never really know what’s going to happen in a given offseason. Well, maybe we could have said “nothing” for the 1979 Mets and been more or less right. But we knew last year that the Mets were going to spend a lot of money – even if we didn’t necessarily know on which players [...]