Who is the true shortstop of the future in Queens?

The Mets are a team that have been notoriously known for being pitching-oriented, ever since its creation, The offense has been a subject of criticism at times, while other times it has been an unstoppable force. A big reason for this unpredictable nature is because the Mets have been largely inconsistent in producing homegrown offensive [...]

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Sandy Alderson and the winds of change

Many fans here at Mets360 and in the larger media sphere have blamed General Manager Sandy Alderson for being too slow in helping the Mets turn around as an organization. He hasn't brought guys up quick enough, he hasn't made a dynamite trade to impact the team, he hasn't, he hasn't, he hasn't. It's a [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Blue Jays 3 (6/15/15)

What a game! Tonight's game presented us with a great storyline, and a great showing from the Mets. Noah Syndergaard, a former top Blue Jays prospect, goes against his former team that has won 11 games in a row. The Mets would walk-off tonight in the bottom of the 11th thanks to a Wilmer Flores [...]

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Curtis Granderson and Juan Lagares pace Mets’ offense lately

The Mets came into 2015 with an offense that likely didn’t have any superstars but which compensated by not having any sinkholes. It was a reasonable plan, at least until David Wright, Travis d’Arnaud and Daniel Murphy all hit the DL. Then the Mets had an offense with no superstars and three sinkholes. But d’Arnaud [...]

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Mets Minors: How excited should we be about Michael Conforto?

At 22 years old and playing his first full season in the minors, Michael Conforto is already the best outfield prospect I’ve seen in the past fifteen years.  He hits for power, he hits for contact and he’s not seasons and seasons of sustained play away from helping the major league franchise.  What has he [...]

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Darrell Ceciliani is becoming the fourth outfielder

The New York Mets have had many concerns throughout the 2015 season, starting with injuries to key players, an inexperienced shortstop, and a struggling offense. The starting rotation has overcome Zack Wheeler’s injury nicely, and the bullpen has not been bad, although they struggled yesterday when Jeurys Familia was unavailable. Wilmer Flores has been solid [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 10, Braves 8 (6/14/15)

Whew! If last night's loss left a bad taste in the mouth, the start to Sunday's game was like drinking acid. Dillon Gee got severely knocked around for 11 hits and eight runs over just 3.2 innings of "work". His value to both this team or any other has got to be at a career [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 5, Mets 3 (6/13/15)

The scoreboard doesn't always tell the truth about a game. You could tell by Jacob deGrom's line that he had a great day, going seven strong innings of one-run baseball. He ended his day by striking out nine, walking one and only a first-inning Freddie Freeman home run to blemish an otherwise perfect afternoon. What the [...]

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