The New York Mets are in the market to fill a few holes at the winter meetings. The most talked about has been a short stop, however, just slightly less discussed is a left-handed reliever to compliment Josh Edgin. While there are options out there via the trade route, this isn't a good option. The [...]
Last week, round one of the “Which Mets season was the best” bracket came to a completion, with Tom Seaver’s 1969 season topping R.A. Dickey’s 2012 season by 30 votes. Now, it is time to begin round two, which will be between John Olerud and David Wright. Both of these players won their respective matchups [...]
As Jon Lester comes off the free agent market, teams who are seeking pitching become more and more focused on what is available. It is well known that the Mets have made Dillon Gee and to a lesser extent Jonathon Niese and Bartolo Colon available. These names will be intriguing to other clubs out there [...]
1982 TOPPS BLACKLESS TOM HAUSMAN Printing errors are a funny thing. Due to sketchy quality control and inattentive vendors, printing variations are commonplace on Topps baseball cards from the inception of the brand through at least the early '90s. It's a veritable feast of random dots, blobs, and fish eyes... But every so often, a [...]
Since the start of the Winter Meetings, rumors have been flying around: the signing of John Mayberry Jr.; discussions involving Noah Syndergaard; and more discussions about the ever-so-coveted Troy Tulowitzki. Not many fans of this team truly know what is going on considering the secrecy behind closed doors, but many enjoy dreaming. In any event, [...]
The 2014 Winter Meetings have started and the Mets haven’t made their long-awaited splash. Sandy Alderson has, instead, gone through his annual litany of tempering enthusiasm, lowering expectations and pricking lofty thought balloons. Since the Mets’ contingent arrived in San Diego, we’ve heard: • The payroll – currently sitting at $100 million – is more [...]
We've finally reached the top 20 as continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. In case you missed any of the other installments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, 32-30, 29-27. 26-24 and 23-21. Next up is: Jack Leathersich - 20 Leathersich has yet [...]
Ever since Jose Reyes left after the 2011 season, it has been a scramble for the Mets to find a successor for him at shortstop, but also at the top of the order. The Mets do not have a prototypical leadoff hitter slated for their lineup in 2015. Most teams would love to have a [...]
Here are some links and stories you might have missed during the weekend to get your Monday started: Friend of the site Greg Prince of Faith and Fear in Flushing has a rather lengthy piece on Lucas Duda's breakout season, naming him the Nikon Camera Player of the Year Award winner. Prince chronicles how Duda [...]
It has been covered ad naseum that the New York Mets are looking into the shortstop market for an upgrade over Wilmer Flores, who is projected to be their Opening Day starter. Recently, the Mets have been signing guys with good character, as their last two big name signings have been Michael Cuddyer and Curtis [...]
Yesterday we laid out a scenario for adding expansion teams in MLB. The rules for stocking expansion teams were much friendlier in the 1990s than they were in the 1960s. In fact, you could argue if they expand again, they would cut back from the generous terms given Arizona and Tampa Bay back in 1997. [...]
Sometime in the next 20 years, MLB will expand to 32 teams. The league has finally recovered talent-wise from the cash-grab expansion of 1998 and it just makes more sense to have a league with 32 teams in it than one with the current 30 members. Right now the impediment to expansion is suitable cities [...]