Ben Zobrist has been a favorite of mine for many years now. The Mets are coming off their best season in ages, due in no small part to the moves made by the current front office. That same front office has made targeting Zobrist its number-one priority this offseason. Given that information, why is there [...]
Jacob deGrom had a wonderful, seemingly out-of-nowhere season in 2014, one that earned him Rookie of the Year honors. He finished the year with a tremendous kick, prompting some to consider him the team’s ace. Still, given that he was not highly-touted coming into the year, some thought he was due for some regression. With [...]
This is the sixth entry in our prospect series, where we’re counting down the top 50 prospects for the Mets. Four people were involved in this project and what you see is a group consensus, not the results of one person. You can view 50-47, 46-43, 42-39, 38-35 & 34-31 if you have not already [...]
Will anything he do in the future top passing out while announcing the extension for Terry Collins?
All of us were excited that Matt Harvey was returning to the mound in 2016 but none of us were sure what to expect. And Harvey ended up with a fantastic return, PR nightmare aside. But that was far from a given before the start of Spring Training. With that in mind, check in on [...]
This is the second entry in our prospect series, where we’re counting down the top 50 prospects for the Mets. Four people were involved in this project and what you see is a group consensus, not the results of one person. You can view 50-47 if you have not already seen it. Here are the [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! May all of your family and football traditions go off without a hitch. Obviously, here we’re all thankful that the Mets made the World Series and we had baseball into November. In that way, it seems like Thanksgiving is coming mighty early this year. Another thing that makes it odd is that there’s [...]
The Mets went all-in on Michael Cuddyer, signing him to a multi-year deal and surrendering a first-round pick. It was a bad decision at the time and one that only looks worse after watching him up close for a year. With that in mind, check in on our original piece to see what we thought [...]
In April of this year, the Mets signed Juan Lagares to a five-year deal with an option. It was quite a change from a year previously when Chris Young was brought in for insurance. The insurance route turned out to be a disaster and the “all eggs in the Lagares basket” didn’t work out exactly [...]
Baseball America recently released its list of minor league players who declared free agency. About two weeks ago, news that Vic Black was leaving hit and this details guys like Black, who spent time in the majors, along with guys who fall into the category of minor league lifers. In all, 23 former Mets farmhands [...]
Next up in our projection series is Curtis Granderson. The Mets’ big free agent signing prior to the 2014 season, Granderson was a disappointment in the first year of his four-year contract. But Granderson was actually pretty good for two-thirds of the year. He had a miserable April and August wasn’t much better. So, check [...]
Next up in our projection series is Wilmer Flores. Perhaps no player was more polarizing than Flores and our individual projections are a good indication of this. Take a minute to review our original projection for Flores prior to the 2015 season. Here was our group forecast: PA – 484 AVG – .265 OBP – [...]