The next probable and tangible moves made by GM Sandy Alderson and the front office will be decisions on Ruben Tejada and Eric Young Jr. The Mets have until Tuesday night at 11:59 pm to tender contracts to the two arbitration eligible players before they retroactively become unrestricted free agents. After Alderson inevitably decides on [...]
Welcome to the seventh edition in our continuing tale of the Mets top 50 prospects. In case you missed any of our other segments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, and 38-36 and 35-33. Next up is: 32 – Logan Verrett The 24 year old Verrett was taken in the third round of [...]
Back in August of 2013, after he made his 10th start of the season, we ran a comparison of Zack Wheeler to what Matt Harvey had done in his first 10 starts in 2012. For fun, let’s throw Jacob deGrom into the mix and see how his numbers stack up to his more heralded teammates. [...]
The New York Mets are an enigma. At times they make us cheer, at other times they make us cry, and even other times they makes us throw something at the tv or explain to the police that you're sorry for the noise but the Mets are on and you'll try to keep it down. [...]
This third matchup of the “Best Single Season by a Met” bracket will feature two of the greatest Mets position players in their 52-year history: David Wright and Darryl Strawberry. Last week, the matchup featured Dwight Gooden’s 1985 season and Jesse Orosco’s 1998 season, Gooden won by a substantial amount. Now, with Wright’s 2007 season [...]
Recently, the annual crunch of the 40-man roster came to a close as teams across baseball had to choose which players were valued by organizations and which had to go. The Mets found themselves in a position where they had only 5-6 spots to play. In the end, Noah Syndergaard, Cory Mazzoni, Hansel Robles, Gabriel [...]
It seems like the Mets are one of everybody’s talking points lately. Juan Lagares won the Gold Glove in center field. Jacob deGrom won the Rookie Of The Year Award, the same day the signing of Michael Cuddyer – the opening shot of this year’s free agent skirmishes – was announced. There hasn’t been much [...]
We continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. In case you missed any of the other publications, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, and 38-36. Next up is: Chris Flexen - 35 Flexen was a tough pick for your intrepid prospect evaluators for several reasons. Picked [...]
With the Mets pursuit of a shortstop for the 2015 season still simmering, former Mets General Manager Steve Phillips penned an ESPN insider article opining that the Mets need to go out and make a trade for a superstar player to take the leap to being legitimate contenders. That opinion is right in line with [...]
As we all know the Mets did not trade Jose Reyes at the deadline in 2011 and then did not re-sign him after the season, when he jumped ship to Miami. The Mets did not end up empty handed, as they received a pick between the first and second rounds in the following year's draft. [...]
The free agent market is not too great this season, although the Mets have signed Michael Cuddyer. The team has been vocal about possibly acquiring a shortstop, but there are other areas the team could improve upon. For example, Josh Edgin is the best left-handed option for the Mets, and the Mets have not had [...]