Two key pieces of the second-half 2016 Mets bullpen are now free agents. Jerry Blevins posted a 3.07 ERA with a 5.0 K/BB ratio from July 15 to September 18 while Fernando Salas had a 2.08 ERA, a 0.635 WHIP with 19 Ks and 0 BB in 17.2 IP after being acquired from the Angels. [...]
For over a decade, David Wright has been the main man for the Mets at the hot corner. Over that time, Wright became the Mets' all time leader in hits, RBIs, doubles, total bases, runs scored, walks and other categories. Sadly, we have all been witnesses to the deterioration of Wright's body due to a [...]
Since his defense was as good as his offense in 2015, Yoenis Cespedes had a monster year, recording a 6.7 fWAR. His defense was not as good in 2016, as his numbers in CF were worse than expected, and he posted a 3.2 fWAR. After the 2015 season, no one was willing to give Cespedes [...]
With or without Jay Bruce, the Mets appear to have sufficient depth in the field and in the lineup going into spring training. And with last season's emergence of Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo, we have rotation depth. However, the bullpen remains a few fries short of a happy meal. The back end, with Jeurys [...]
Some semi-significant news came out earlier this week, a report that the Mets have assured Jay Bruce that he will, in fact, be their right fielder for 2017. A number of factors may play into this decision – if it is an official decision at all. The Mets were openly trying to trade Bruce over [...]
Welcome to our annual projection series, now getting ready to start its fifth season. We kick things off with Noah Syndergaard who, part by his dominating pitching and part by the fact that he was the only young gun to stay healthy, became the ace of the pitching staff in 2016. My opinion is that [...]
Davey Johnson, who skippered the 1986 Mets to a World Series triumph, deserves to win induction to the Hall of Fame. He fell short in the recent vote of the Today's Game Committee (until recently the Veterans Committee). Hopefully he can make up the deficit in the next election. Johnson managed the Mets from 1984 [...]
Heading into the 2017 season the Mets bullpen is in flux. One of the strong points of the 2016 Mets was the back end of their bullpen consisting of Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia. With Familia most likely facing a suspension stemming from his domestic violence arrest, the team will be forced to use Reed [...]
The Top 15 players are finally at the echelon where you are either looking at players with very high ceilings or fairly secure paths to the majors. These names are sure to be recognizable, though because these rankings were purely from my own perspective, there is some definite opinion weighting. We see at this point, [...]
The Mets have six full seasons of the Sandy Alderson-Terry Collins regime under their belt. Since the 2011 season, they’ve never had fewer than 45 players suit up for the club in a season. They actually used fewer players last year (46) than in their pennant-winning season of 2015 (49). In general, change has been [...]
It's always Duda, Duda, Duda!
On a cold December day in 2013, the New York Mets signed lefty outfielder Curtis Granderson to a four year, $60 Million contract. Expecting a power hitting slugger, the Mets would in fact receive a fascinating and unexpected leadoff hitter. For the magical 2015 season, the formula of batting Granderson in the lead-off spot, paid [...]