There have been loud rumblings regarding the neighbors of the Mets that reside in the Bronx. Their prospects are among the best, Severino is an ace, and of course they have all of the power that you could ever ask for in a lineup between Gary Sanchez, Aaron Judge, and Giancarlo Stanton. Of course, many [...]
Beyond the talent and holes, it's always fun to take a deeper look at the Mets roster. After all, it's loaded with trivia tidbits. The youngest player? Amed Rosario, 22, born November 20, 1995. The oldest? Adrian Gonzalez, 35, born May 8, 1982. Speaking of age, how many Mets on the 40-man roster were even [...]
Mets baseball is back, baby! It may just be one game in a long season, but there's something so incredibly satisfying about a decisive opening day win. At least for one day, the Mets are in first place. The day started off on a sad note with news that the beloved former Mets player, broadcaster [...]
“It’s opening day. Or Opening Day, depending on your perspective.” – Jim Bouton, Ball Four It starts now. This is when stuff starts to get real. “Starts to,” because while yes, the games count this early, you still can’t really tell anything about anything. There are guys who play the game who say, “Hey, why [...]
The 2018 Grapefruit League has come to an end and opening day looms on Thursday. What we are going to examine here is which Mets played the best at each position. We will count only ST stats to determine this order of merit. Some of these players will be starters, some will not and some [...]
Each year with the predictions column I start by going back to the previous year’s piece. The goal is to get more than 50 percent right, while not making boring predictions. Not once in all of the years of doing this have more turned out right than wrong. Out of last year’s batch, only four [...]
The regular season is looming large on the horizon and we are eager to start talking about the play of our minor league talent but before we have any games played under our belt we are going to take a peak at prospects the Mets might be looking at, come June. Thanks to a decidedly [...]
Old habits die hard. We have an image in our mind of what a player at each position on the field should be like, both offensively and defensively. If you’re asked to think about a catcher, the image that comes to mind is significantly different than if you were asked to think about a shortstop. [...]
One of the biggest questions this offseason by far has been the center field position for the Mets heading into Opening Day. With Michael Conforto sidelined with a shoulder injury to begin the season, the team was left with Juan Lagares and Brandon Nimmo as their options to play center field. Heading into spring training, [...]
While the projection models all have the Mets having a mediocre season, somewhere around 79-84 wins, most fans are either bullish or bearish on this team’s chances in 2018. There’s a lot to like about this team, but a close look at the roster makeup also illuminates some reasons for concern. What’s right – playoffs [...]