If we go back 10-15 years ago, we see that MLB relievers as a group had consistently better ERAs than starters, typically in the .25 to .50 range. This occurred despite for the most part that the better pitchers were utilized as starters. It showed the advantage of being asked to pitch seven innings versus [...]
At the Winter Meetings in 2012, then-GM Sandy Alderson was asked if the Mets’ top priority was adding to an outfield that consisted of Lucas Duda, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and not much else. Alderson decided to respond with a joke, which didn’t exactly succeed the way it might have inside his head. He said, “Outfield, what [...]
As baseball fans interested in learning more about the game, we took a giant step forward with the arrival of Baseball-Reference. It’s hard to remember but there was a time when they did not update stats with the current season until the year was over. We took another step forward with FanGraphs, with all of [...]
One of the best ways to have a good season is to have your stars stay healthy and produce. Focusing strictly on the hitters, the 101-win Mets did an excellent job of following this concept. After years of pointing out the discrepancy of how healthy other teams in the division were compared to the Mets, [...]
There have been so many big deals involving the Mets, both through new additions to the team and re-signing some of their free agents, that it’s hard to tell if they’re done. It feels like they should be done, except for maybe a late-inning, non-closer bullpen guy. But are they done? Would you be willing [...]
It’s a fascinating phenomenon on how when people want something to be true that they’ll ignore all evidence to the contrary. Carl Everett didn’t believe in dinosaurs and The Flat Earth Society is still a thing. Let’s add to that the belief that Jeff McNeil had a good year in 2022 because he stopped trying [...]
The 2022 Mets have won seven of their last eight games, one of their best streaks of the season in a year where it looks like they’ll win 100 games. While the Braves (in)famously had a 14-game winning streak earlier this year, the best the Mets have accomplished so far is to win seven in [...]
With wins in their last three games, the Mets are now 9-7 in September. It sure feels a lot worse than that, given the sweep by the Cubs and dropping two of three to the Nationals earlier in the month. But if you go by the idea they should win two out of every three [...]
For years, the Mets acted like the key to a successful bullpen was to have as many lefties as they possibly could, despite how rotten said lefties were. And what made those lefties special was their ability to retire LHB. If you were a lefty who did better against RHB you were discarded. If you [...]
Many people were upset that the Mets didn’t do more at the trade deadline. We’ve already seen that the hitters they imported have been much better than expected. Everyone thought the Padres won the deadline and they brought in Juan Soto, Josh Bell and Brandon Drury. Those three have combined (thru Wednesday’s games) for a [...]
Today we’ll continue on yesterday’s theme about the Mets’ need to add more home run power to their offense. Whenever you say something like the Mets don’t hit enough homers, inevitably someone will say something like – I want the team to be able to score in a variety of ways. Thanks Captain Obvious! That [...]
Everyone believes the Mets need to trade for a reliever. While there’s never been a team out there that couldn’t use a dominant reliever added to the mix, it’s my belief that the Mets don’t need to pay the freight to get that guy. Now, if some team want to trade an impact reliever for [...]