At this point in the season, it becomes more and more clear what the weaknesses of the Mets are: Shortstop and Left Field. What remains interesting is that left field has a ton of reinforcements in the minor leagues that will be MLB ready by either late next season or early 2016. Brandon Nimmo and [...]
Every so often a team is on the verge of competing, but needs a big bat to push them over the edge. In 2014, the Mets are that team, but when the trading deadline came and went at the end of July, no moves were made. That's because the Mets already have that big bat [...]
We are fans. That’s all. No matter how often we put a “we” – as opposed to a “they” -- after a result, we are not, after all, officially a part of the organization. Most of us who are reading this are not under the employ of the New York Mets, in any kind of [...]
Matt Reynolds is not a household name. He was drafted in the second round of the 2012 draft as a plus defender at third base that the Mets planned to try out at shortstop. He was an afterthought in a year the Mets drafted Gavin Cecchini (who is currently irrelevant in Port St. Lucie) but [...]
With one of the most flurrious and activity-filled trade deadlines, the Mets decided to stand pat with the cards that they had, and there's nothing wrong with that. But of course, just because the July 31st trade deadline has come and gone, there still can be trades made until August 31st when the waiver trade [...]
We have seen some of the best Mets’ performances in July, and this potentially foreshadows what is next to come. Approaching the trade deadline is always exciting, and the Mets did not make any moves. Therefore, the production we saw in July should be matched for the remainder of the season. Let’s take a look [...]
Saturday night, Jenrry Mejia picked up a save in his eighth consecutive game. One of the keys to the strong play by the team recently is that the back end of the pen in Jeurys Familia and Mejia have provided shut down performances. Yet while the final results have been great, Mejia has allowed a [...]
There have been a few articles from fellow Mets360 writers this week on Lucas Duda and I wanted to delve a bit deeper for those people who might have been interested as to exactly why Duda is having a career season. For the majority of Duda’s career, he’s been in a battle to fight for [...]