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 [...]
I was doing some research last week on the first original Met to pass away. I had thought it was Hall-of-Famer and original Mets’ Hitting Coach, Rogers Hornsby. Hornsby, however was the second original Met to pass away. He died on January 5, 1963. Fellow coach, Red Kress was actually the first original Met to [...]
Chris Young's overall numbers don't paint a rosy picture. His dropped flyball in the bottom of the 14th inning in Friday night's 6-5 loss to the Phillies will not endear him to Mets' faithful either. Life for Young has not been so great in his first year with the Mets. A meager .205/.290/.368 slash line [...]
Over the past three days, the Lucas Duda, Ike Davis debate received some gasoline on its cooling embers. Davis returned to town with the Pirates and Duda had been in a slump. People throughout the internet and radio universe were discussing the validity of the trade and whether the Mets made the right choice. All [...]
There seems to be a significant divide among devotees of the New York Mets as to whether GM Sandy Alderson is doing a good or bad job in that position. There are many whose patience is wearing dangerously thin. They will point to Alderson’s failure to build a quality bullpen in his four seasons at [...]
After an impressive 4-1 win over the Phillies Friday night with the aid of 15 strikeouts from the pitching staff, the Mets have now won three games straight. A tumultuous home stand cost batting coach Dave Hudgens his job and the fans, media, and more importantly the front office are starting to question the Mets’ direction. Although the offense has sputtered despite [...]
While some in the Mets' circle (be it fans, media, what have you) begrudgingly did not like the fact that Jenrry Mejia was taken out of the rotation and put in to the bullpen, you really can not argue with the results. Ever since going to the bullpen on May 12 after going 3-0 with [...]
You don't need no bad excuse
When Dave Hudgens was fired after the game Monday, the ice under everybody’s feet got a little thinner. From Sandy Alderson to Terry Collins to anybody on that 25 man roster, they all have been put on notice. Firing Hudgens isn’t going to turn the Mets offensive woes around, but it’s a symbolic gesture that [...]