Why is Terry Collins naming his Opening Day starter already?

The New York Mets have a log jam in the starting rotation. This is not news. They failed to trade anyone in the offseason. Also, this is not news. What is news, however, is the report on Tuesday that the team is leaning toward pitching Zack Wheeler (3.54 ERA, 11-11 in 2014) on Opening Day. [...]

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Mets360 2015 projections: Michael Cuddyer

The outfield has been a sore spot for the Mets for years. Following the 2013 season they addressed it by signing free agent outfielder Curtis Granderson to a four-year deal. Early returns have been less than overwhelming. This offseason, they inked free agent Michael Cuddyer to a two-year deal. Juan Lagares will more than earn [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 2015 Daniel Murphy

2015 TOPPS DANIEL MURPHY A few weeks back I bowed out of an online auction for this card when the price hit $10. By the time the virtual hammer fell, the price stood at just over $25 with shipping. So why is a 2015 Daniel Murphy card going for the price of a well-worn T206 [...]

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Mets Camp 2015: Walking Soft, Talking Loud

For the first week of spring workouts and meet-and-greets, the excitement factor at the Mets’ Port St. Lucie home-away-from-home ratcheted up fairly quickly. Considering that a good chunk of the team was already there, it should come as no surprise that the annual spring time good timin’ machine was already in full swing when the [...]

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What outfield? The Mets have an idea

Sandy Alderson has always considered himself somewhat of a jokester. He recently poked fun at the current Mets shortstop situation, has always provided a (surprisingly) clever rebuttal to Scott Boras’ Mets jokes, and is famous for his quote following the 2012 season: “What Outfield?” At the time, the outfield consisted of three lefties: Lucas Duda, [...]

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Will the Mets’ defense really be that bad?

Much is often made of good defense on championship teams. But defense is hard to quantify. Take for example the drastic difference between the 2014 Champion San Francisco Giants who had a team DRS of -5, versus the runner-up Kansas City Royals, who scored a 40, the fourth-best team DRS in baseball. The Cincinnati Reds [...]

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Mets players need to prove themselves this year

Many people around the Mets believe that they are at least in contention for a spot in the playoffs this year. They need a few players to prove that they are capable of playing to the level that gets the Mets to the playoffs this season. Last year was not a great year for the [...]

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Mets broadcasts in great shape with new hires

Pitchers and catchers reporting to Port St. Lucie and placing seven prospects on the Baseball America Top 100 list dominated the Mets-related headlines this week, but there were a few other pieces of news that came out as well. The first was the announcement that Wayne Randazzo was officially hired to fill the shoes of [...]

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Where should Curtis Granderson hit in the lineup?

With expectations running high, the Mets are going to need everyone in the lineup to be efficient. This means that the offense needs to produce runs, get on base and hit for power. Many Mets fans are counting on David Wright to rebound, Michael Cuddyer to provide more protection for Lucas Duda, and the reuniting [...]

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One Mets fan’s version of the 2015 season

If you polled 100 Mets fans and asked them if they have players they liked and players they didn’t on the 2015 team, all 100 would say yes. You would also get unanimous support from all 100 if you asked if they would sign up for a World Series championship if one of the players [...]

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Jon Niese can’t afford less velocity

According to ESPN's Adam Rubin, Jon Niese's physical condition has been getting praise after he attended the infamous Mike Barwis fitness camp. That's a positive sign, though pretty much all players that attend the camp seem to get the same praise. A bigger take away from that piece was the note on the drop in [...]

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Mets360 2015 projections: Jenrry Mejia

Not many people start the year in the rotation and end the season as the team’s closer but that’s the path that Jenrry Mejia followed in 2014. While he had a solid season as a reliever, many felt this was a self-fulfilling prophecy for the Mets. For many years, the club talked about how Mejia [...]

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