Next up in our projection series is Daniel Murphy. This may have been our last year with Murphy as a Met but his fans can be comforted that he went out with a bang, having played marvelously down the stretch during the regular season and continuing the strong play through the NLDS and NLCS. Take [...]
Next up in our projection series is David Wright. All of us were thrilled that Wright made it back to the playoffs with the Mets. Unfortunately his season was marred by injury, one that left most of us wondering if he’d be able to continue playing at a high level. But before we get to [...]
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And did you think this fool could never win Well look at me, I'm coming back again I got a taste of short in a simple way And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did Feeling like a [...]
If you tuned in to the first Harvey Day of 2015 and stuck around after he left the game, you got to see Noah Syndergaard, too. Not a bad Spring Training game. Anyway, you got to see what has everyone excited and you got to see why he still needs more seasoning, too. It’s hard [...]
Sometimes it seems like fate doesn’t want some people to succeed. Nick Johnson could have been great but each year some random injury would come up and sideline him. Rick Ankiel looked like he was going to be an All-Star pitcher for a decade or more and then his ability to throw strikes just left [...]
The outfield has been a sore spot for the Mets for years. Following the 2013 season they addressed it by signing free agent outfielder Curtis Granderson to a four-year deal. Early returns have been less than overwhelming. This offseason, they inked free agent Michael Cuddyer to a two-year deal. Juan Lagares will more than earn [...]
Not many people start the year in the rotation and end the season as the team’s closer but that’s the path that Jenrry Mejia followed in 2014. While he had a solid season as a reliever, many felt this was a self-fulfilling prophecy for the Mets. For many years, the club talked about how Mejia [...]
In 2013, Juan Lagares had a terrific defensive season and a poor offensive one. The Mets were concerned enough that in the offseason they signed Chris Young and told him he’d have a chance to play some in center field. While Young bombed in 2014, Lagares was again terrific defensively. At the plate, he had [...]
Advanced stats proponents who preach that you should not evaluate how well someone pitched by their win totals should be pleased with how Mets fans view Bartolo Colon. In his first season with the Mets, Colon won 15 games. Yet if you polled 100 Mets fans and asked if we could waive a magic wand [...]
It’s generally accepted that when you sign a high-ticket free agent to a multi-year deal that the last part of the contract rarely pays off. In other words, you pay at the end for production at the front. But what happens when the production at the front is underwhelming? That’s the situation the Mets find [...]