The Mets will now play their toughest stretch of the season, as they play 13 consecutive games against the Dodgers and Giants. The good news is that after playing their worst ball of the year, the Mets have won three straight games and the offense seems to be showing signs of life. The bad news [...]
Big names or being traded left and right while the Mets have been on the sidelines, allegedly suffering from "sticker shock" when they checked in on the price to get Jose Berrios from the Twins. In addition to Berrios, the Mets have been rumored to be in on Javy Baez and Kris Bryant from the [...]
After 37 games, the Mets are in first place despite an offense that wasn't producing much when healthy and which now is decidedly unhealthy. The pitching staff was for the most part very good when healthy and now is decidedly unhealthy. The team is 11-4 at home and 9-13 on the road. They are 9-7 [...]
We know all the negatives. There's the shaky defense, the less than stellar bullpen, the surprising lack of power and the struggles with RISP. But there's been some good things, real good things happening. We take Jacob deGrom's magnificence for granted but he's been good, even for him. James McCann has been a great defensive [...]
Somewhere back in the 1980s Bill James said that throughout MLB history, we've asked catchers to do more and more and pitchers to do less and less. With catchers, you have to think that improved protective equipment plays a big role in that, along with fewer doubleheaders. The 1969 Mets played 22 doubleheaders. Last year [...]
Last year, Steven Matz had a terrific Spring Training. In Grapefruit League play in 2020, Matz put up a 1.50 ERA, as he allowed just two hits and one run in six innings, while fanning five without allowing a walk. But he was unable to bring his strong results into the regular season. In fact, [...]
We've seen a little bit of clarity with the moves that the Mets have made so far. The rotation got a needed boost when Marcus Stroman accepted the Qualifying Offer and the team addressed the catching situation with the signing of James McCann. But there are still several positions or areas to address. You could [...]
All of us were knocked for a loop over the Covid madness of 2020. The joke is if 2020 was a product, everyone would rate it one star with the "wouldn't recommend" tagline. But as Mets fans, the last few months of 2020 have been the best we've experienced in several years. Since then, we've [...]
There was an ESPN piece published today ranking every World Series. It's posted in The Garden, if you haven't seen it yet. Anyway, it's a reminder that the Mets are 2-3 in five trips to the Series. If we asked a poll question about which was the best World Series, my guess is that it [...]
There are things that happened on the field in 2020 for the Mets that it would be nice to know who should be held accountable. Who thought it was a good idea to give Robert Gsellman a start when he had pitched one inning in the last 364 days? Who thought it was a good [...]
Nothing makes for a good manager quite like good players. The important thing for fans – and yes, the managers themselves – is to keep this thought in the front of their mind at all times. It brings to mind this famous quote by Bill James on Sparky Anderson: "He really believes he made a [...]
Yoenis Cespedes opting out of his contract opens up regular playing time in the lineup. And because Cespedes was playing DH, the Mets have many different ways they can look to fill his absence. They can also try to give his playing time to several different players. But it seems likely that they will land [...]