By all offensive measures, Travis d’Arnaud is failing to get it done. Never mind that he was a highly touted prospect for his hitting ability, let’s just look at him through the eyes of league averages as presented by Baseball-Reference. d’ArnaudLeague Average BA: .193lgBA: .248 OBP: .281lgOBP: .313 SLG: .298lgSLG: .392 OPS: .579lgOPS: .704 Of [...]

Yesterday at Newsday, Marc Carig – one of the top Mets beat writers – had a very lengthy and comprehensive analysis of the Mets organizational hitting philosophy. It was excellent. Carig talked to people at every level of the organization and ended up dispelling just about every myth about the system. The fact of the [...]

The comments sections of articles we post here at Mets360 are generally chock-full of well-thought-out points and counterpoints from our incredibly knowledgeable regulars. It's not uncommon to see very engaging discussions in these comments, whether between the article writer and a regular or between regulars. One such topic that has come up recently in the [...]

At the start of the season, the Mets wondered how they were going to find playing time for four outfielders and who would sit among the two Youngs and Juan Lagares, since it seemed a given that big-ticket free agent signing Curtis Granderson would play everyday. But in a turn that no one saw coming, [...]

The 2014 MLB Draft Begins June 5th.  In preparation I’ve reviewed the Top 18 players for the draft with a pretty clear assumption the Met’s 10th pick will be among these names.  It will be interesting to see which way Alderson goes after going with high school players in his most recent drafts.  We’ll review [...]