Sandy Alderson’s three pennants and one World Series championship, while a first-rate achievement, may not be quite enough to justify his ranking at number twelve. But Alderson’s place in history is enhanced by two considerations: he was the first modern GM to actively introduce analytics, though rudimentary by current standards, into a team’s decision making, [...]
Ticket sales are up 19.26 percent over last year, according to Mets executive vice president Lou DePaoli. The numbers represent what would be an astonishing outlier for a team that's failed to add any high-priced talent this offseason or post a winning record since 2008, the two primary drivers of attendance spikes for baseball teams. [...]
“I feel very comfortable with what I see and taking that to the player and saying, ‘here’s what I’m seeing, here’s the adjustment I think needs to be made, here’s the drill I think can fix that, and let’s go to work.’ “Part of it is listening to their feedback too and creating a trust [...]
"He asked me to do him a favor and you can’t back down for that. You’ve got to stand up, you’ve got to take your beating, no matter how many people liked it or not. And, when the other players see that, they know you’re behind the player, and you’ll get a lot better effort [...]
If he's the team's everyday shortstop next year, what's he doing playing second base now?
On Tuesday afternoon, outgoing Commissioner Bud Selig paid Citi Field a visit, and like his other stops on the farewell tour, he took questions from reporters. Friend of the site Howard Megdal got things off to a rollicking start, not beating around the bush when he asked the following: “In 2011, when denying the Fox [...]
"I don't frankly think the last 12 games have a lot to do with evaluating Terry," Alderson said before his team's 151st game of the season. "I think we've played well to this point and through the first half of September, even the latter part of August. I think the team has responded pretty well." [...]
Generally, Larry Brooks is not my favorite baseball columnist. But in today's article he hit the nail on the head. Even though he very likely did not write the headline, that was perfect, too. In an article entitled, "Terry Collins complicating the Mets' simplest problem," Brooks wrote: Really, it is neither a difficult nor controversial [...]
"While we were active in conversations—although not super active—we didn’t make any deals, I think going in we didn’t intend to be sellers and we didn’t intend to be buyers necessarily. We were looking at the market and what it would dictate. We set a price on some of our players, and under the circumstances [...]
Burdick hit .325 with 46 walks, including 20 intentional, for the Spartans (23-11) this season. He had 25 RBIs and a .600 on-base percentage.
When news broke that the Mets drafted Oregon State OF Michael Conforto with their 10th overall pick last night, I happened to be on a bus filled with college baseball players, so I asked what they thought of him. "The dude's legit," said a coach. "He's going to be very good." "He's the best hitter [...]
Irony - a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.