Next up in our projection series is Juan Lagares. This time last year, Lagares hardly registered in the minds of most Mets fans. He was coming off a so-so season in Double-A and he seemed like a guy who could hit for some average but not do much else. But the planets aligned right for [...]
Stephen Drew is still a free agent, and it could be a while before he gets signed. The former Boston Red Sox SS turned down a one-year, $14.5 million qualifying offer earlier this offseason in the hopes that his agent Scott Boras could get him the three-year deal he is looking for. It’s now the [...]
On January 14, 2014, Bud Selig told espn.com that he is 100% certain that he will retire after the 2014 season. This is a huge loss for baseball, as Selig has held the spot of Commissioner since 1998 and has provided the game with things such as advanced drug tests, peace between the MLB and [...]
Let's travel to another dimension; a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey to a wonderful land whose boundaries are that of the imagination. Next stop, the Mets Possibility Zone (apologies to the Twilight Zone). So far this offseason the Mets have made a total of three major league deals [...]
It snowed the morning of January 18th. That was the scheduled date for the first annual Queens Baseball Convention – “QBC” for short. Your intrepid columnist wasn’t going to miss this for all the ice in Antarctica; besides, what better way to spend a snowy Saturday than to take three trains and one subway out [...]
Spring Training is staring at us from a distance and long before a single pitcher or catcher has been asked to report, Met fans have gone through an obstacle course of emotions: We are thrilled to have gotten a big name free agent like Curtis Granderson. We are worried about the future of Matt Harvey. [...]
When the Mets signed John Lannan to a minor-league deal, it was likely to bring him in to compete for the fifth starter role in spring training. The signing is exciting because it represents something more than just another option for fifth starter: It represents the move forward for the organization. In the first three [...]
Next up in our projection series is Bartolo Colon. It would have been great if the Mets had signed him prior to the 2012 season and now we have to hope that this is a case of better late than never. Colon was fantastic last year and if he can accomplish over the next two [...]
Note: This is a continuing short series comparing (at a high level) where the Mets roster stood last year at this time and where it stands heading into Spring Training 2014. We're quickly approaching the reporting date for pitchers and catchers and the start of baseball for 2014. The off-season may not have gone as [...]
Yesterday, it was announced that the Mets signed John Lannan to a minor-league deal. The Mets starting rotation has already been filled out by the signing of Bartolo Colon, and it’s safe to say that Mets fans would be outraged if Lannan had been chosen to fill out the rotation instead of a pitcher like [...]
The Queens Baseball Convention will he held today at McFadden's Citi Field location starting at noon. The day is jam packed with activities, so make sure you come on out if you're in the area. I will be at Podcast Alley pretty much all day talking with all kinds of people, so if you are [...]
Last year, I said that the 2013 season should be separated into two halves: Pre-All Star and Post-All Star break. The reason being was that the New York Mets had every intention of slowly promoting some of their Triple-A talent to the major leagues but because of the built-in attendance draw stemming from the All-Star [...]