Three hours and eleven minutes. That’s how long the postseason lasted for the 2016 New York Mets. That’s the amount of time it took Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants to whitewash the Mets in the Wild Card game on October 5th. Since the 2015 edition of the team made it to the World [...]
If our rotation is healthy and as awesome as we've all been dreaming about, we don't need a Big Red Machine lineup to make the playoffs - just a good enough offense to consistently put three or four runs on the board each game. However the offseason shakes out, the Mets should wind up with [...]
Timing, as they say, is everything. Woke up this morning all prepared to pinch-hit for Charlie. However, my internet had other ideas. Three hours with brief periods of connectivity followed by extended stretches of unable to hold the signal. Called the cable company and they were working on things in my area. Good to know. [...]
In 2014 Lucas Duda took over as the Mets starting first baseman. He played 153 games that year, and in 2015 he played 135 games. However, in 2016 he was limited to only 47 games due to a back injury, although he did return late in the season. Assuming his back has healed, should the [...]
1970 KELLOGG'S ED KRANEPOOL What makes this card special, is that aside from it being the only time Ed Kranepool was on a Kellogg's card, it was also the very first card in Kellogg's very first set. In 1970, the Mets were coming off their championship season. Three of Kranepool's teammates were also featured in [...]
As we approach the 2016 winter meetings, plenty has been written about what the Mets should do for 2017. Let’s take it a step further and look further into a crystal ball at 2018. As the 2017 season ends, the contracts of several Mets will expire as follows. Jose Reyes $ 22.0 million 2018 club [...]
Once upon a time I wrote about Rafael Montero and Jacob deGrom. Stating that “While Montero has gotten more attention, with his pin-point control, deGrom seems like the prospect with the higher ceiling.” How long can a blogger brag about being right about deGrom? I’ll tell you as soon as I’m done bragging. The fact [...]
Longtime readers may recall that prior to the 2014 season, there were a series of articles posted here about durability and health. One of these suggested that one of the keys to a good season was to have four pitchers with 175 or more innings and/or five hitters with at least 575 PA. In 2013, [...]
Early this week it was announced that Neil Walker joined a select group of free agents who have eschewed free agency (for this year) in lieu of accepting the one year Qualifying Offer of $17.2 million. He will play once again with the Mets on this one year deal and will have the opportunity to [...]
Based on all the commentary on Mets360.com and elsewhere among the Mets faithful, it would seem that we are expecting very little of our team captain in 2017. In fact, many of us are assuming he’ll spend most of the season on the disabled list. It’s not an unfair assumption given that the 34-year-old third [...]
Recently on MetsBlog there was an article entitled, “Mets have great rotation, but are still short on depth.” In the article was a plea to sign someone like Clayton Richards (sic) or Jorge De La Rosa. Steamer projected those pitchers to post a 4.03 ERA and a 4.30 ERA, respectively. That’s good enough to be [...]
Picking the most popular Met players of all time is by nature subjective, but hey, I'm willing give it a shot. I am only going to go with players who were regulars for at least a few seasons with the Mets, and who won the affection of fans and teammates. There will be no stars [...]