The 2016 Baseball Winter Meetings concluded on Thursday. While a number of teams were in the mix for or making splashy trades and free agent signings the New York Mets mostly looked for a place to offload the $13 million contract of Jay Bruce. Depressing isn’t it? Yes, bringing back Yoenis Cespedes is fantastic but [...]
While Sandy Alderson and the rest of the Mets front office are busy trying to dump spare part Jay Bruce and fill out the bullpen, there's another important move they need to consider - securing the services of some of their young starting pitchers. While all of the big five are currently under control, so [...]
Well, if you were refreshing MetsBlog, ESPN and MLBTR continually the past few days, this year's Winter Meetings were kind of a drag. Certainly nothing like last year. Not even a Rule 5 guy to pretend to be excited about. What's your take on the past few days?
The year 2016 has been celebrated all year as the 30th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion Mets. But 2016 is the 50th anniversary of another Met team, the 1966 Mets. While not nearly as successful as the '86 club, that '66 team did notch a few milestones. The Mets had played four seasons before [...]
As we sit near the fireplace with a cup of warm cocoa on a cold day as we approach the holiday season, it is easy to get lulled into the comfort of home. Dreaming about what shiny newly wrapped gift we may find under the tree, one ponders about the new year. Then one steps [...]
That magical time of year is around again. Retail stores are filling our ears with holiday music, we’re ordering relatives chachkies on Amazon.com and we are all wondering what Sandy Alderson has up his sleeves. To keep your mind off the tenuous future of Jay Bruce, Curtis Granderson and the Met bullpen we at Mets360 [...]
Are we all ready for the winter meetings? Given the general lack of talent in the free agent group it has been speculated that there may be more than the typical number of trades. We know that Sandy Alderson is looking to trade Jay Bruce and/or Curtis Granderson. The GM’s first goal is to fortify [...]
On Thursday my esteemed Mets360 colleague Charlie Hangley made a convincing case to Sandy Alderson that in trading a lefty hitting veteran outfielder it should be Jay Bruce, not Curtis Granderson, who gets moved. It is undeniable that Curtis Granderson is a fine baseball player and an even more exemplary human being. He epitomizes what [...]
Either because they've been released, traded, rumored to be one or the other, or just in the doghouse, there are a number of players who suited up for the Mets in 2016 that will not return this season. Gone but not forgotten: Bartolo Colon, a fan and teammate favorite as much for his big personality [...]
Phase one is complete. Against long odds, Yoenis Cespedes has returned to the New York Mets, though some did see it happening. That was the biggest task on GM Sandy Alderson’s off-season agenda. Let’s face it, letting Cespedes walk would have crippled the offense and driven a stake through the heart of this nascent “perennial [...]
Now that the Mets have secured Yoenis Cespedes for four years, it is time to make additional moves to improve the team. The Mets do not need three left handed hitting corner outfielders. A good center fielder, who could lead off, but, more realistically, the Mets could trade Jay Bruce for a good bullpen arm. [...]
With Yoenis Cespedes in the fold for a reported four year, $110 million contract, we get a better idea of what the 2017 Met outfield will look like. Most likely the Mets will carry five outfielders to start the season, given the way Terry Collins likes to burn through his bullpen. Cespedes will be a [...]