Not everyone is doing cartwheels...
A nice look at Matt Harvey before he became The Dark Knight.
In all, the Mets are figuring on a 500,000 increase in attendance. Using the same factors from above, and adding an extra 4% for ticket price increases, it would appear as though the Mets could reasonably expected to earn another $21 million in ticket sales. Adding in increased money for sponsorships and money for concessions [...]
The Mets had an unexpected World Series appearance last year, the team seems to have a solid shot at back-to-back playoff appearances and generally speaking, most fans right now are pretty optimistic. As they should be. However, it seems like there’s something bubbling right below the surface. Let’s call it entitlement. Sure, the Mets had [...]
More walking than wounded
Can Cespedes hack it in the middle of the OF?
Jacob deGrom stared down the sophomore slump last year and laughed, showing his rookie success was not a fleeting thing. He made the All-Star team, pitched more innings than he did in his Rookie of the Year campaign and had both a lower ERA and a lower WHIP than in his standout debut. He stumbled [...]
It seems hard to believe after all that’s gone down with the Mets this offseason that the top priority of the club after the World Series ended was to sign Ben Zobrist to a multi-year deal starting with his age 35 season. When Zobrist picked the Cubs over the Mets, Sandy Alderson had to go [...]
The long Nationals nightmare is over as Yoenis Cespedes spurned a longer offer from Washington to sign a three-year deal with the Mets worth $75 million. The deal features a no-trade clause and an opt out after the first year. It seems like a win-win. For Cespedes, if he repeats his 2015 campaign, he can [...]
Someone should get Keith Hernandez' take on this...
To date, the Mets have spent more money this offseason on Asdrubal Cabrera than any other acquisition, which in a sense makes him the most important addition to the team. The hope is that he will provide steady defense and a plus bat for the position. No one is expecting him to be a star. [...]
Rumors everywhere have it that the Mets have signed free agent reliever Antonio Bastardo to a two-year, $12 million deal. Everyone who was criticizing that the Mets only signed Jerry Blevins to a one-year deal and didn't pay enough to get him should be satisfied with this move. Bastardo had a very nice year in [...]