While the offense finally clicked, and Jonathon Niese posted another quality outing in a much needed 8-2 victory on Tuesday night over the St. Louis Cardinals, more questions seem to be emanating from Citi Field now more than ever. Yes, Tuesday’s win over Cy Young candidate Adam Wainwright was encouraging. It was great to see [...]
So far, all of the focus on potential trade targets for the Mets has been around adding a starting pitcher. And given the recent performances of Mike Pelfrey (1-4, 9.11 ERA in last 6 games) and Hisanori Takahashi (2-2, 7.18 ERA in last six) it is not hard to understand why. But the biggest bang [...]
The All-Star break is upon us and it’s natural to look forward. The Mets at 48-40, four games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL and one game behind in the wild card race. Below is a list of Mets players with a grade given to each hitter and pitcher on how they have [...]
The New York Mets (47-38) were cooled off by the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field this week. The Reds downed the Mets 3-1 in the rubber game of a three game series. The Mets are 29-14 at home. They open a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves Friday night. Cincinnati Reds @ New York Mets [...]
The New York Mets (44-34) salvaged their three-game series in San Juan, holding off the Florida Marlins 6-5. The Mets are now 16-22 on the road this season and 1-6 against the Marlins away from Citi Field. The win pushes the Mets two games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies (41-35), who lost 4-3 to the Cincinnati Reds, [...]
The Mets spent most of the season trying to sign free agent catcher Bengie Molina. I pointed out here, here and here why this was a bad idea. If you are too lazy to click on the links the main take away point is that catchers age in dog years and the top catchers in [...]
As I write this Opening Day is already underway. However, I have the MLB.tv DVR ready and I have yet to watch any of the action. So, here are my predictions for the 2010 New York Mets: Josh Thole comes up before September to be the everyday catcher. Daniel Murphy comes back to post an [...]
General manager Omar Minaya has come under a lot of fire for not having more prospects in the farm system ready to step in and contribute when the Mets were hit by all of the injuries last year. There is some validity to that criticism. However, given the condition of the Mets farm system when [...]
Despite mainstream media reports for the past three months to the contrary, Bengie Molina did not sign with the Mets. Here’s why I am excited. Free agent catcher Bengie Molina has apparently agreed to return to the Giants on a one-year contract. Earlier in the offseason, reports were flying that Molina was going to the [...]