Every now and then, even in a ghost-season like this one – ephemeral, amorphous, in flux, would-frighten-Scooby-Doo, “are they really there?” – following the Mets can be most entertaining. Take Sunday night (6/5) for example. Wonderful pitching from our friend…
Perspectives
Mike Pelfrey and the life or death wager
by Brian Joura • • 1 Comment
Mike Pelfrey starts Wednesday night against the Brewers. If your life depended upon it and you had to make a correct wager on the outcome of the game to avoid death – which way would you bet? Do you expect…
Minor Leagues
Mets Minors: Darin Gorski steps up
by Jim Keller • • 0 Comments
The New York Mets may have another pitcher on the horizon. Unheralded 23-year-old Darin Gorski has struck out 66 batters in 48 2/3 innings at Class A St. Lucie in the Florida State League. A starter in his first two…
Perspectives
How Mets compare to NL East in injuries
by Brian Joura • • 0 Comments
Hopefully the Mets dodged a bullet by not having Sunday’s injury to Carlos Beltran being more serious and requiring a DL stint. With the club already having Ike Davis, Johan Santana and David Wright on the DL, the last thing…
Perspectives
What should we make of Ruben Tejada?
by Brian Joura • • 3 Comments
Last winter the Mets made the decision that Ruben Tejada was going to play shortstop in the minors and was not a candidate for the team’s second base job. Sandy Alderson kept true to this vision by including Tejada in…
Perspectives
Can Manny Acosta save the Mets’ bullpen?
by Brian Joura • • 1 Comment
Another day, another toss-up game and another loss as the Mets blew a 3-1 lead in the late innings against the Braves last night. The bullpen started out as a disaster but was a strong point for awhile after a…
Perspectives
Collins disgusted with underperforming Mets
by Tanya Mercado • • 6 Comments
It seems there are quite a few fans who saw this coming. Perhaps even a majority of them. Yet some are still surprised at what has transpired with this team, even though they have been like this for the past…
Perspectives
David Einhorn: International Man of Mystery
by Charlie Hangley • • 3 Comments
Last week, a rush of news from the Ivory Towers of Flushing informed the world that hotshot fancier David Einhorn had sunk $200 million of his hard-earned moolah into a shaky-at-best operation known as the New York Mets. Over here,…
Perspectives
Amid the rubble, Collins shows he’s no Manuel
by Charlie Hangley • • 0 Comments
When a man’s right, he’s right. Terry Collins finally had one of the meltdowns for which he’s so famous on Wednesday night (6/1). Who could blame him? In a game which took on an all-too-familiar pattern, the Mets got outstanding…
Card of the Week
Mets Card of the Week: 1979 Willie Montanez
by Doug Parker • • 0 Comments
1979 TOPPS Willie Montanez We all have them. Those good-not-great players from our youth for whom we have a deep and abiding affection. Take Guillermo Montanez here. He showed up at Shea with a decent if unspectacular resume– finished second…
Minor Leagues
Who will Mets take in 2011 MLB Draft?
by Brian Joura • • 0 Comments
The Mets have homegrown players Josh Thole, Ike Davis, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Mike Pelfrey, Jonathon Niese and Dillon Gee playing key roles on the 2011 team but you constantly hear about their need to build a stronger…
Minor Leagues
Mets Minors: Updated Top 10 list
by Jim Keller • • 3 Comments
With the Mets seemingly on the verge of a salary purge over the next few months and going to have to rely on the farm system more over the next several years, let’s look at an updated top-10 prospect list…