It’s never fun to lose. But sometimes you can leave a loss with your head held high, knowing you executed the game plan and played close to the best of your ability. And this was one of those types of games for the Pack. They went on the road to play a team ranked 35th [...]
Over at FanGraphs, they published the median projected standings right now in the National League, according to the ZiPS projections. Now, this comes with the caveat that there are some big free agents still out there – no, the Mets are not going to sign one of those – that could shift things around. But [...]
For the second time in three years, Jeff McNeil turned in a disappointing season in 2023. He posted a .108 ISO last year, compared to a .109 mark in 2001. And McNeil’s BABIP was .288 a season ago, compared to .280 in ’21. Lifetime, McNeil has a .140 ISO and a .321 BABIP, numbers that [...]
I check SNY every day, sometimes more than once. And when you’re a frequent visitor to a site, it’s hard not to notice certain things. With newspapers, it’s common for people on the copy desk to write headlines. My guess is that it works the same way at SNY, at least with their “insiders.” Somehow [...]
It’s often been said that everything went right for the Mets in 2022 and that virtually nothing did in 2023. But everything going right just doesn’t happen in MLB, not even for a perennially lucky team like the Braves. As exasperating as it is to watch good fortune happen consistently for that franchise, no one [...]
MLB.com has a fairly robust transactions log back thru the 2009 season. It has some for 2008, but nowhere near as lengthy or detailed. So, from the 2009-2023 seasons, excluding the Covid year of 2020, how many players do you think the Mets put on the 60-day injured list prior to the start of the [...]
It’s tough to lose a home game when every contest is critical for both ACC tournament seeding and a potential NCAA bid. But when you convert free throws at a 40% clip and your opponent makes 90% of theirs, well a defeat is all but bound to happen. And that’s how the Pack lost to [...]
The Mets have agreed to deals with Jake Diekman and Shintaro Fujinami but the deals are not official. Currently, the 40-man roster is full, meaning they'll have to cut or trade two players to make room for the new relievers. We've seen that David Stearns is willing to cut guys that he signed, so that [...]
One of my beliefs is that the farm system should be able to create major league relievers from minor league starters, something which seems like it doesn’t happen enough for my tastes. But it’s one thing to have a thought on how things should be; it’s another thing for that thought to be grounded in [...]
DJ Horne poured in 26 points to lead the Wolfpack to an 82-76 win over Georgia Tech Saturday at PNC Arena. The victory gave coach Kevin Keatts his 200th career win and lifted State to a 7-4 record in the ACC. By NET rating, this was the weakest team left on the Wolfpack’s schedule, making [...]
From 2014-2017, Jose Quintana posted four straight 4.0 or better fWAR seasons. Then, from 2018-2021, he recorded a combined total of 5.6 fWAR, with 3.5 of that coming in 2019 alone. Quintana then had a big bounceback season in 2022 (something the Mets are hoping Luis Severino can duplicate) with a 4.0 fWAR split between [...]
In the 21st Century you simply don’t see power hitters who don’t rack up big strikeout numbers. Gone are the days when Joe DiMaggio could hit 46 HR while only striking out 37 times, like he did in 1937. Instead, it’s much more common to see someone like Kyle Schwarber, who hit 47 HR in [...]