In 2015 from the beginning of the year until the end of July, the Mets hit 89 homers in 103 games and had a 53-50 mark. After the acquisition of Yoenis Cespedes, the Mets hit 88 homers in 59 games and went 37-22. Obviously there was more to the Mets’ hot streak at the end [...]
A quick one, while he's away
I seem to recall they had to back off Murphy from swinging too much, too, once upon a time
Jeff Sullivan had a great column over at FanGraphs the other day, asking readers to identify what type of baseball dork they are. Jeff outed himself as a pitching dork, saying that’s the area of the game he enjoyed most, likely because he used to be a pitcher. While he focused on sections of the [...]
To be a starting pitcher
The most impressive development last year for Becerra was the improvement in his approach, resulting in fewer chases out of the zone and his best strikeout rate in three years. His slight swing changes have helped him make more contact, but he has more work to do to ensure he can handle the better command [...]
Earlier this morning, uber commenter James Preller reminded us of the fragility of David Wright with the following note: I am highly suspicious of the fact that David Wright has not yet run the bases. I understand the official reasons, and there’s some logic to the idea that they are “not rushing it,” but still. [...]
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Bing Devine may have preferred Harry Walker but ultimately he brought in Gil Hodges
2016 TOPPS FIRST PITCH KRISTAPS PORZINGIS It's fair to say that most everyone sees Kristaps Porzingis as a future star the the NBA. If he played football, he could easily be a goal-line receiver that no DB in the game could cover. But where would Porzingis play in MLB? Usually the default position for a [...]
Kiley McDaniel was bullish on Champ Stuart
Bartolo Colon won six of his first seven decisions and we had visions of 2013 dancing in our head. Unfortunately, things didn’t remain this rosy the rest of the year. Of course, six of those first seven games were against NL East clubs and the seventh was a home game against an Orioles squad that [...]