In unfortunate news, Met prospect, Eudor Garcia was suspended 80 games for PEDs. Garcia had surged up the rankings on the power of a tremendous leap in production. These numbers are now brought into question. He hit .296 with 9 home runs and 59 RBIs in 2015 with Class A Savannah last season. He was [...]
It is a given that the New York Mets will go in 2016 as far as its young gifted starting staff will take them. If we somehow knew that the combination of Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Stephen Matz, Zack Wheeler (hoping for a June or July return), and Bartolo Colon (not so young [...]
A fascinating new article was published today at FanGraphs. Written by NEIFI Analytics, it talks about the nature of statistics in MLB today. What makes it so interesting is that NEIFI is a group that has worked within the sport, producing some of the proprietary systems not readily available to those of us outside the [...]
Time and time again, the Mets have shown a lack of faith in Juan Lagares’ ability to be starting in centerfield every day. In 2013, Lagares came up and was a solution, as the team shuffled through Rick Ankiel, Matt den Dekker, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Jordany Valdespin in centerfield. From that day, we saw what [...]
On one hand we have David Wright, the homegrown star that we’ve watched every day of his MLB career. He’s the star who does it the classy way, never running his mouth or running down opponents. Wright is the guy you want your hero to be. On the other hand, we have a guy on [...]
Short of re-signing Yoenis Cespedes, it’s unlikely many fans will be happy with the Mets’ offseason. Surprisingly, one of the reasons will not be a lack of moves, as Sandy Alderson has participated in both the free agent and trade market. He’s doing his best to remove that “semi-active GM” title from his resume. Instead, [...]
As of this writing the Mets remain on the periphery of the Yoenis Cespedes market, and there's a non-zero chance they land him. That would be rather surprising, though. Instead, it's more likely that the team goes to war in 2016 with their current outfield alignment and perhaps another yet-to-be-signed backup. That means a platoon [...]
It’s a thin line between being released and getting a million dollar contract. Let’s consider the lines for two relief pitchers for the 2015 Mets: Pitcher A – Had a 2.52 ERA and held batters to a .207/.342/.326 line after 111 batters faced. Pitcher B – Had a 3.35 ERA and held batters to a [...]
While every Met fan counts down the days until the 2016 season starts, we each have our own great expectations of what our favorite players might accomplish. The rookies Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz will now have a full season to display their immense talents. Perhaps this is the year Travis d’Arnaud avoids [...]
Welcome to our annual projection series, now getting ready to start its fourth season with a look at Matt Harvey. It was a magical year for the Mets in 2015. Sure, sure we all wish it ended with a World Series win. But having said that every single one of us would have signed on [...]
Whither Yoenis Cespedes? At the end of the 2015 season, it was all but a foregone conclusion that he would not be returning to the Mets. He was great to have around for the stretch run and his production propelled an erstwhile feeble offense to heights not seen around here since 2006. He just hit [...]
It's reasonable to expect that the Mets will retire Mike Piazza's 31 this year. It's equally reasonable to expect that they'll handle the announcement in their patented tone-deaf manner, timed so that any reasonable cynic could mark it as compensation for a lost free agent or a lost season. But never mind that-- the bottom [...]