Generally speaking we think of the corner positions being the power/offensive positions and the up the middle ones being more defensive oriented. Of course there are exceptions – Mike Piazza could hit a little bit and Keith Hernandez wasn’t too bad with the glove – but this is a solid rule of thumb. Adjusted stats, [...]
This time last year, all Mets fans loved J.D. Davis. He was coming off a season with an .895 OPS, which included a remarkable 1.078 OPS at Citi Field. For years, Mets hitters consistently put up better road numbers than home numbers, so it was very refreshing to see the type of year Davis put [...]
Every now and then, I'll write a post on my college team, the North Carolina State Wolfpack. There are some similarities between the Pack and the Mets, chief among them is that both team have won it all twice and how both programs take a back seat in national stature to other programs in the [...]
Do you keep your ticket stubs? I do, or at least try to. My main problem is remembering where they are. It’s like there are supply lines all over Asia or something and where they are is a big mystery, much less where any one specific one is. Last night my wife found a box [...]
No one ever asks Santa what he wants for Christmas. Rest assured, this Santa already has received his gifts, with no one from the triumvirate of Robinson Cano, Brodie Van Wagenen or Jeff Wilpon darkening any Mets hallways this upcoming season. And in a weird way, there may be another thing that went “right” here [...]
It’s no secret that the Rockies would like to get out from the contract of their star third baseman, Nolan Arenado. Recently, the Rockies indicated they would “like to engage” the Mets on a deal for Arenado. That certainly makes sense, as the Mets likely have the ability to take Arenado’s contract and the Rockies [...]
For most of the 1970s, there were two MLB players named Dave Roberts. Fortunately, one was a pitcher – who finished his career with the Mets - and one was a position player. Roberts the position player was a former top overall pick in 1972 and he went straight from college to the majors. He [...]
Yesterday was a big day in Mets land. First, they addressed a big hole in the roster by signing free agent catcher James McCann to a four-year deal. Next, they filled their open GM position, hiring Jared Porter, who had held a bunch of different positions in MLB, with his most-recent gig being the assistant [...]
Multiple reports have the Mets signing free agent catcher James McCann to a 4/$40+ contract. McCann becomes the third or fourth big free agent acquisition, depending on how you want to slice either “big” or “free agent.” McCann joins Trevor May, Sam McWilliams and Marcus Stroman. The big news is that the Mets opted for [...]
Most of you can probably put a name/event to dates pretty easily in Mets’ history. 9/24/69 – Mets win first World Series 6/15/77 – Mets trade Tom Seaver and Dave Kingman 1/24/80 – Nelson Doubleday buys the Mets 6/15/83 – Mets trade for Keith Hernandez You can probably cite half a dozen more, too. But [...]
My opinion is that it’s a good thing that Steve Cohen brought Sandy Alderson back to the Mets. And while it’s frustrating that the Mets haven’t been able to assemble the front office they were hoping for, to me it’s a good thing that Alderson will be more heavily involved in baseball decisions. He’s smart [...]
Anything can happen in baseball. The 1969 Mets, who won 73 games the year before, finished the regular season with 100 wins. It would be 17 years before the Mets won 100 games again. If starting in the year 1970 you bet on the Mets winning 100 games, you would have collected just twice in [...]