Before the season started if you were to make the case for using Wilmer Flores at shortstop you would say he looked sort of okay defensively, he makes good contact and he showed in September with regular playing time that he could be an asset offensively. Besides, no one really wanted to see Ruben Tejada [...]
In yesterday's game the Mets struck out 12 times and left eight men on base. Today the offense struck out 10 more times and left 10 runners on base, providing zero offense to back their pitcher. Jon Niese pitched around a lot of traffic on the bases, but managed to give up just one run [...]
Early last month we wrote about some select Mets prospects that the team had been uncharacteristically aggressive in promoting to start the 2015 season. It was uncharacteristic in the sense that the team has generally been somewhat conservative with many of their prospects under General Manager Sandy Alderson's regime. It's unclear whether it was a [...]
A serious Mets fan can easily read 20 or more articles about the team and its individual players in a typical week. There are over a dozen blogs to choose from. The New York papers usually have one or two Mets pieces each per day. There's ESPN and other online sources. And if you're really [...]
Mets break the losing streak!
It seems like ages ago that they wore a Mets uniform, yet in some cases it was just two or three seasons past when they played a key role on the team. We’re not talking about Scott Kazmir – we all keep tabs on him. We’re talking about former top prospects like Mike Pelfrey, John [...]
The extent to which a coach really impacts the results on the field is often discussed, and usually no conclusion is made one way or the other. One camp asserts that coaches make the philosophical, motivational and physical adjustments to get the most out of players, and the other retorts the players will play how [...]
Sandy Alderson is going to have to take a hard look at his "defense doesn't matter" attitude. The Mets need middle infielders who can, well, middle infield if they're to have any hope of going far into the playoffs. The gut reaction tonight is revulsion. Jacob deGrom started out blazing, going through the entire Washington [...]
“Calm down; it’s only April.” “I didn’t know 162 games had passed already. Congratulations, NY Mets, on your World Series championship. Oh, wait…” “There’s a long way to go, and Washington will recover.” This is what the Mets fan has heard over the past two-and-a-half weeks. Over that span, the Mets have started 2015 like [...]