Mets pitchers off to strong start in Grapefruit League action

FanGraphs shows the Mets with a projected 80-82 record, with a run differential of -6. It has the Mets with a middle-of-the-pack offense, with their 4.66 runs per game being in a three-way tie for 15th in the majors. Their runs allowed is a bit worse, as their 4.70 runs per game ranking 20th in [...]

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The 2024 Mets’ season is a mystery

When you watch baseball – or, really, do anything in life – for a long time, you can kind of get a feel for how things will likely play out. Experience and repeated observation can give a person a sense of what the scientific statisticians like to call probability and outcome. If an experiment is [...]

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Mets 2024 projections: Brett Baty

In the offseason before 2023, Brett Baty rocketed up prospect lists, finishing as high as No. 17 with Baseball Prospectus’ ranking. This caused some fans to want him to take over as the Mets’ starting third baseman. Then he had a very good Grapefruit League season, which caused even more fans to jump on the [...]

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Roster announced for Mets’ Spring Breakout game

Spring Breakout is a new Major League Baseball initiative aimed at showcasing the game’s young talent during Spring Training. The Mets' game will be March 15 versus the Nationals. Here is the clubs' roster: Pitchers Blade Tidwell, RHP Brandon Sproat, RHP Dominic Hamel, RHP Tyler Stuart, RHP Nolan McLean, RHP Calvin Ziegler, RHP Paul Gervase, [...]

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This is Drew Smith’s last chance to prove his consistency

Once again, New York Mets reliever Drew Smith will be one of the key relievers in the bullpen. With Edwin Diaz back, Smith will be expected to fill in once again in the seventh inning and at times in the eighth inning as well. Smith is currently the longest tenured Met in their bullpen. He [...]

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We’ve seen the Mets’ Plan A but they need a Plan B, too

It’s standard operating procedure for a new GM to come in and show little to no allegiance to guys already on the team, or especially, in the farm system. Omar Minaya did this, as did Sandy Alderson then Brodie Van Wagenen and Alderson again. Because the Mets are in prospect acquisition mode now, we haven’t [...]

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David Stearns’ challenge to build a balanced offense

Every great offense in baseball is built on the concept of balance.  A lineup of sluggers only doesn’t work.  Neither does a lineup consisting solely of singles’ hitters.  Great offenses have some guys who get on base (and move themselves along) and others who drive them in.   In today’s game, the rule book is [...]

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Lots of playing time for Brett Baty and Mark Vientos but not so much for Phil Bickford and Joey Lucchesi

People love to say things which they think makes them appear smart. One of those is that Spring Training stats don’t matter. And on the surface, that’s true. It doesn’t matter if Player X is hitting .300 or Player Y has a 0.00 ERA. But there are things that are important and one of those [...]

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The good fortune and speed bumps for Jerry Koosman

Almost every life is defined by a break (could be a good one or a bad one) and Jerry Koosman’s is no different. What makes him stand out is the multiple breaks he received on his way to the majors. And then perhaps as payment, a few bad breaks that perhaps kept him from reaching [...]

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Mets 2024 projections: Luis Severino

We heard right away once the offseason started that the Mets were interested in Luis Severino. And he was the first major player they signed under David Stearns. None of us were really sure how the offseason was going to play out. But if we put more weight on the Severino deal at the time, [...]

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