It’s still a bit hard to believe what the Mets have with Jacob deGrom. No one considers his 2016 as especially great, yet through his first 21 starts of the season, he had a 2.30 ERA, a 1.050 WHIP and…
Since his defense was as good as his offense in 2015, Yoenis Cespedes had a monster year, recording a 6.7 fWAR. His defense was not as good in 2016, as his numbers in CF were worse than expected, and he…
Welcome to our annual projection series, now getting ready to start its fifth season. We kick things off with Noah Syndergaard who, part by his dominating pitching and part by the fact that he was the only young gun to…
Bartolo Colon won six of his first seven decisions and we had visions of 2013 dancing in our head. Unfortunately, things didn’t remain this rosy the rest of the year. Of course, six of those first seven games were against…
This time a year ago, Michael Conforto was one of the prospects who made the Mets’ system one of the best in the game. Few imagined that he would make his MLB debut in 2015 and virtually no one expected…
Steven Matz made his MLB debut last year in late June and was impressive in two starts before landing on the disabled list with a torn lat. He was sidelined for three months but came back to make four more…
It was a weird year for Lucas Duda in 2015. Everyone wondered if he could duplicate the power he showed in 2014 and there were also concerns about his ability to hit lefties. So, Duda went out and again put…
Many expected Noah Syndergaard to make his MLB debut in 2014. But he didn’t have a particularly impressive season in Triple-A and the Mets opted not to give him a promotion. He started back in the minors at the beginning…
After years of watching Daniel Murphy at 2B, Mets fans will have to get used to someone else manning second base in 2016. The club brought in Neil Walker to fill the bill. And while the fans won’t have immediate…
Jacob deGrom stared down the sophomore slump last year and laughed, showing his rookie success was not a fleeting thing. He made the All-Star team, pitched more innings than he did in his Rookie of the Year campaign and had…
To date, the Mets have spent more money this offseason on Asdrubal Cabrera than any other acquisition, which in a sense makes him the most important addition to the team. The hope is that he will provide steady defense and…
On one hand we have David Wright, the homegrown star that we’ve watched every day of his MLB career. He’s the star who does it the classy way, never running his mouth or running down opponents. Wright is the guy…
