After managing the Mets to three years with a losing record, the Mets have decided to extend Terry Collins. The talent level has not been high during Collins’ tenure, but Mike Vorkunov (of the Newark Star Ledger) reported that Sandy Alderson has praised Collins for his ability to keep the team playing hard and have [...]

This summer is drawing to a close very quickly. In just a few weeks it will be football season and the leaves will be changing as the temperatures turn a little more chilly. This is the time of year that baseball fans turn to the future in the present season; September call-ups. It's that special [...]

Last night, Rafael Montero made his first start for the Mets in over a month. Montero was just recently called up from Triple A Las Vegas to replace Jacob deGrom while deGrom suffers from shoulder soreness. While Montero struggled in his return to the major leagues, the struggles should not be the doomsday that many [...]

On this day in 1969, the Mets dropped 10 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL East.  On this day in 2014, the Mets are 8.5 games behind the first-place Washington Nationals in the NL East, and six games behind the second-Wild Card team, the St. Louis Cardinals. It's unlikely that the Mets [...]

The Mets are known as one of the more unlucky teams in baseball history, from the 1988 upset to the failed “Generation K,” and it would make sense to include the past seven years. However, the most prominent unlucky factor in the Mets failures have been the excessive injuries that the Mets face seemingly every [...]

First off, kudos to Anthony Recker on a three-run blast that essentially won the game for the Mets on Monday. Now onto why he needs to go. It is a generally accepted idea that managers don't expect great things from their backup catchers. What they need is someone who can handle the defense and who [...]