It is always easy for us fans to become an “armchair” general manager of any team, by deciding which players to trade, sign and demote to the minors. Mets360 organized a project, where us bloggers became the general manager of a team for a week. I was assigned the Cincinnati Reds, and had research to [...]
Last August, the Mets began to play Matt den Dekker and Wilmer Flores on a regular basis. den Dekker had the larger part of a platoon in left while Flores essentially played every day, seeing time at shortstop and second base. The duo was more productive than anyone else the club trotted out during the [...]
If you look at the current payroll for the 2015 Mets, you’ll notice that because of arbitration, the Mets only have 4 players that have a guaranteed salary: David Wright, Curtis Granderson, Bartolo Colon and Jon Niese. Everyone else is due for arbitration. That’s pretty amazing. You generally only see that 2 or 3 years [...]
For the past few weeks – well, really since the ballpark first opened in 2009 – the Citi Field fences have been a hot talking point for fans. The first fences were too damn big. The team built the ballpark so Jose Reyes could hit triples in it, said others. Prior to the 2012 season, [...]
Mets fans are already anticipating the return of Matt Harvey on Opening Day 2015. The rising star pitcher is through his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery and set to lead the pitching rotation into the next great era of Mets baseball next year. Unfortunately, someone will have to relinquish their slot on the starting staff [...]
The MLB Project is over and the members of the faux general managers of all 30 teams are inputting their opinions on the moves they made and the teams they created. As GM of the Athletics, I was extremely active. One of the more active GM’s in the project. This was taking a cue from [...]
The World Series ended last night, you may have heard. As soon as the ball settled into Pablo Sandoval’s glove near the third base coach’s box, we on the outside could detect an almost audible click: the Silly Season has begun. Free agency 2014-15 is exactly five-and-a-half hours old at this writing and I’m sure [...]
This year’s World Series was played by the Kansas City Royals, and the San Francisco Giants, with the Giants coming out on top. Both the Royals and the Giants won a Wild Card seed in their respective leagues. In the American League, the Royals won the number one Wild Card seed with a record of [...]
Last night, the Kansas City Royals came within an out of defeating the San Francisco Giants to win their first World Series in 29 years. They left a runner stranded on third and the Giants hoisted the trophy. Being there, however, may be the bigger accomplishment for the Royals. This is a team that was [...]
Indians fans will be thrilled to learn that a Mets fan had their team for this project. Hey, at least in the last four years the Mets have been run with a greatly reduced budget. So, Tribe fans, keep in mind that it could have been worse. Hopefully what I lack in familiarity I can [...]
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