Mets360 2017 projections: Robert Gsellman

In the beginning of February, we ran a poll here at the site on who should be the team’s fifth starter, assuming equal health and Spring Training results. The overwhelming choice among the three candidates was Robert Gsellman, who received 66% of the popular vote. Gsellman had great results when pressed into service late last [...]

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Looking at the 2017 Mets bullpen

Now that the Mets have settled their bullpen situation by retaining lefty Jerry Blevins and right hander Fernando Salas let’s look at how it could set up. With the upcoming suspension for closer Jeurys Familia looming the Mets have a few decisions to make for the beginning of the season. Familia is facing at least [...]

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Mets Minors: David Roseboom and other prospects to watch this Spring

With position players set to arrive in Port St. Lucie at the end of the week and the 2017 season set to launch, we’re going to take a look at some of the minor leaguers who will be part of the big league camp. Players like David Roseboom, Dominic Smith, Phillip Evans, P.J. Conlon and [...]

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Dominic Smith and the offensive numbers at Binghamton

So much is made of the offensive environment at Las Vegas – and rightfully so. It’s so well-ingrained in us now about the offensive inflation there that we know that a, say, .300/.348/.484 line is nothing special. In just about any other league, an .832 OPS would be something to sit up and take notice. [...]

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The Mets’ 2017 season will be defined by Noah’s arc

The 2017 New York Mets season will be defined by a number of factors and the health of several key players. This has been the well-known narrative throughout the long, monotonous offseason. For this Mets fan though, there is another narrative that may define the season. This season will be dependent on Noah Syndergaard, and [...]

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Mets360 2017 projections: Curtis Granderson

By now we’re all familiar with Curtis Granderson. We’ve heard the stories about how he’s a great teammate, we’ve seen him be extremely durable, we’ve witnessed terrible streakiness and last year’s dismal numbers with runners in scoring position. But now we’ve got a little bit of an unknown thrown into the equation. It looks like [...]

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Who stands in the way of a Mets pennant?

The Mets will begin the 2017 season vying for an unprecedented third straight post season. This Mets fan likes our chances, despite what Fangraphs (83 wins?!) thinks. If we can win 87 games and make the playoffs with half our team on the disabled list, you have to think we've got a good shot to [...]

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Amazin’ game, lousy year: July 28, 1993

The dominant Mets officially died in 1993. They’d been in steep decline since 1991 and there were frantic attempts to stem the tide of the inevitable: the signings of Bobby Bonilla and Eddie Murray, the trade for Bret Saberhagen, the hiring of Jeff Torborg to manage. None of it worked. Management was slow to pick [...]

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Mets360 2017 projections: Steven Matz

Steven Matz has been really good the parts of the two seasons we’ve seen him in the majors. Unfortunately, he’s also spent considerable time on the disabled list in both of those years. Matz had offseason surgery to clean out bone spurs in his elbow but what ended his season was irritation in his shoulder. [...]

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Mets Opening Day batting order prediction

Opening Day for the Mets is not until April 3rd when the Braves venture into Citi Field, but I'm going to be bold and make a long range prediction of what the Met batting order will look like that day. Barring injury, Atlanta will assuredly start their ace, right hander Julio Teheran, so there will [...]

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The Mets’ catching situation heading into 2017

To say that the 2016 season was a disappointing one for Met’s catchers would be a bit of an understatement.  Entering the season, catcher seemed to be a position of strength with a healthy Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki with another year of major league experience under his belt.  Between injuries and poor play the [...]

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