When the off-season started, there was a lot of speculation about how much money the Mets had available for free agency and how they would choose to spend that cash. Many people looked at the various weaknesses of the team…
Perspectives
Review: MSP Mets Annual
by Brian Joura • • 0 Comments
Yesterday my copy of the Maple Street Press Mets 2010 Annual arrived in the mail. Confined to the bed because I was sick, it was a welcome package to receive. Maple Street Press puts out a host of annuals and…
Perspectives
The Fighting Whiteys
by Brian Joura • • 3 Comments
Since Omar Minaya took over as the Mets’ general manager, much has been made in the mainstream media about the team’s emphasis on Latin players. Everyone seems to harp on Los Mets and with the club importing top talents such…
Perspectives
The six-arm solution
by Brian Joura • • 0 Comments
The starting rotation will go a long way towards determining how good of a season the 2010 Mets will have. Right now the best we can say about the rotation is we have no idea how good or bad it…
Perspectives
Steroids in Baseball
by Other • • 4 Comments
Yet again we have two of baseball’s big names being dragged through the muck of innuendo. This week Jose Reyes and Alex Rodriguez are both to be “questioned” in a HGH investigation being run by the FBI. Personally, I do…
Perspectives
Reviewing Billy Wagner's Exit
by Brian Joura • • 3 Comments
My friend Matthew Artus over at the Always Amazin’ New York Mets Fan Blog on NJ.com wrote a piece entitled “Billy Wagner in Hindsight.” His point was that of all the different ways the Wagner scenario could have played out…
Minor Leagues, Perspectives
2010 Top Prospects
by Brian Joura • • 7 Comments
General manager Omar Minaya has come under a lot of fire for not having more prospects in the farm system ready to step in and contribute when the Mets were hit by all of the injuries last year. There is…
Perspectives
A Reason for Optimism
by Brian Joura • • 1 Comment
What do Carlos Beltran, Alex Cora, Carlos Delgado, Pedro Feliciano, Oliver Perez, J.J. Putz, Jose Reyes, Francisco Rodriguez and David Wright have in common? Besides the fact that talk radio hosts and callers want to send them out of town?…
Perspectives
Reyes: Ready, willing, able
by Other • • 2 Comments
New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel has stated early in Spring Training that he is contemplating moving Jose Reyes to the number three spot in the lineup — at least until Carlos Beltran returns from offseason knee surgery.
Perspectives
The language of leather
by Brian Joura • • 2 Comments
With Spring Training right around the corner, undoubtedly we will hear tons of stories about how the Mets are going to concentrate on fundamentals. It’s one of the rites of Spring. Included in fundamentals is defensive play. Most people think…
Perspectives
Mets shop for pearls in the Orient
by Other • • 2 Comments
Since the influx of Asian born players to the Major Leagues in the mid 1990’s the New York Mets have had their fair share, 12 in all, from Japan and Korea. Unfortunately the Mets have yet to find a pearl…
Perspectives
ZiPS creator Dan Szymborski
by Brian Joura • • 3 Comments
Everyone has an opinion on how their favorite players are going to perform. For most of us, it is just instinct, hunch of fanboy optimism. That is why it is important to look at unbiased, systematic approaches to projections. One…