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 [...]
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If you’re a seasoned baseball watcher, over time, you start to think you know it all. Oh, sure, scouts get paid to evaluate talent, but a long-time fan can recognize talent just as well. Or so we think. While scouts get fooled sometimes, we get fooled far more often. I know of one fan who [...]
Perhaps the greatest unknown entering Spring Training for the Mets this season was what the team would get from all of the starting pitchers who suffered injuries in 2017. After two Grapefruit League appearances the results were horrific for Steven Matz, an outcome even more disturbing because there was probably more reason for optimism with [...]
Much has been made of the Mets’ starting pitching depth, and with good reason, with some eight pitchers who have had at least some success starting in MLB. Catching depth is also a strength, with Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki having good Springs. The depth of the outfield may not have gotten quite as much [...]
As the Mets are approaching the regular season the team begins to take shape, despite the unhappy spring training record, it is fit to wonder which of the minor league players might play a significant role in the fortunes of the 2018 Mets. Is there anyone who can save us from Hansel Robles and Adrian [...]
Three weeks into Grapefruit League games and the starting pitching situation isn’t much more clearly defined than it was heading into camp. Still, a few questions have been answered, we have both game action and numbers to view and we can combine a few factors to make some educated guesses on how this will play [...]
It was not long ago that Travis d’Arnaud was regarded as one of the top prospects that the Mets possessed. As an organization, the Mets had not seen a productive catcher since the likes of Paul Lo Duca sat behind home for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Before even reaching the big leagues, d’Arnaud drew [...]
For informed Mets fans this has been a pleasantly surprising off-season. The front office was active, ownership opened the checkbook and the team filled all of its most glaring holes. Now, midway through spring training, the coaches and executives are evaluating talent to finalize what should be a solid 25-man roster entering the season. Of [...]
The Mets picked up former overall number-one pick and five-time All Star Adrian Gonzalez during the offseason. The idea was that Gonzalez would allow Dominic Smith to get more seasoning at Triple-A after Smith came up last year and did not overwhelm either at the plate or in the field. In an injury-plagued season in [...]
Taking the next step in our quest to accurately evaluate drafting from the opening decade of the 21st century, I used the ranking system Brian unveiled and assigned values for every first-round pick arranged by team. The goal is to assess which teams got the most out of their first-rounders over a 10-year period. To [...]