In general, my preference as a sports fan is for my teams to try to assemble the best clubs they can. In other words, tanking is not my ideal way to go. But sometimes your team is in a spot where tanking isn’t really an option. And then you have the predicament of what’s the [...]
This article is a companion piece to yesterday’s exploration into the likelihood of 25-year-old Christian Scott making the majors and being a success at his relatively advanced age as a prospect. Yesterday we looked at players making their MLB debut at age 25. Today, we’ll look at prospects at similar ages in Double-A to what [...]
It’s my opinion that a player’s age is an extremely important factor to consider when evaluating prospects. And most people do this on the young side while not necessarily applying it with as much vigor on the old side. We all get excited when a teenager performs well in Double-A. But some get excited about [...]
From the latest mailbag from Tim Britton and Will Sammon at The Athletic: Do you think the lack of spending this offseason is more reflective of the market or a new mentality for the Mets now that David Stearns is at the helm? —Jeffrey M. TB: While the answer to most every either/or question is [...]
With the 2024 acquisitions of Harrison Bader, Diego Castillo and Sean Manaea, the Mets will have to remove a player from the 40-man roster. This isn’t a huge problem, as there are eight or more players that could be cut without losing too much sleep. But previously it was an open question if David Stearns [...]
One day after writing about preparations for Luis Severino’s 1/$13 to be the largest move of the offseason for the Mets, they ink Sean Manaea to a 2/$28 deal with an opt out after the first season. My first thought after hearing the move was to recall he didn’t look good when the Mets first [...]
A sister kisser with an 8-8 record
Not long after Ralph Sampson left, Virginia became the worst team in the league to watch play, consistently fielding teams that played plodding, half-court games. And that’s said by an NC State fan, who haven’t exactly been confused with run-and-gun Loyola Marymount teams for most of that span. It’s a borderline chore watching Virginia basketball. [...]
2023 TOPPS ORANGE FOIL KODAI SENGA Today’s COTW entry started out trying to figure out the most unusual Mets card of all time. While not of Mets’ players, my thoughts on unusual cards include the 1952 Topps Gus Zernial with the multiple balls tacked to his bat, while Zernial gives the OK sign. Or the [...]
Harrison Bader’s one-year deal adds $10.5 million to both the Opening Day payroll and – more importantly – to the 40-man Competitive Balance Tax payroll. It’s difficult to establish what the latter sits at now, with the unknown of arbitration salaries. Cot’s estimates it to be $306.4 million, while Spotrac has it at $293.2 million. [...]
According to Baseball-Reference, 170 free agents have signed here in the 2023-24 offseason. It feels like most of them have been low-level moves. No doubt that’s driven by the fact that only half of the top 10 free agents on FanGraphs’ top 50 list have signed a deal so far. And it’s not just the [...]
The N.C. State Wolfpack trailed the entire game, until with 0.6 seconds remaining, DJ Bruns completed an up and under move to give them a 54-52 road win over Notre Dame Wednesday night. Longtime fans will recognize that score, as that’s the same one State prevailed with over the Houston Cougars in the 1983 NCAA [...]