It was a conscious decision not to write about Edwin Diaz on Thursday. The announcement that his injury was season-ending was horrible and everyone needed some time to process the news in their own way. Some will curse the WBC, a few will mourn the Mets’ luck, while others will declare that the World Series [...]
While waiting to hear how bad the Edwin Diaz news is, what better time to look at the most positive player on the Mets in Brandon Nimmo. The seemingly annual question of how many games Nimmo can play was answered last year with a career-high 151 games. He missed some time while on the Covid [...]
Kodai Senga was supposed to start for the Mets Saturday night but instead he was sidelined with a sore right index finger. The Mets were forced to scramble and chose reliever John Curtiss to start the game in Senga's place. Curtiss hurled a shutout frame and ran his scoreless streak in Grapefruit League play to [...]
Mark Canha and Eduardo Escobar are linked together in my mind. The two veterans both came to the Mets prior to the 2022 season on two-year contracts, put up similar seasons, with a 2.8 fWAR for Canha and a 2.3 mark for Escobar and both had seasons propped up by a six-week hot streak. Canha’s [...]
1988 TOPPS KEITH HERNANDEZ Earlier this week, I finally finished putting my Topps doubles and cards from other manufacturers of players who made the Hall of Fame into plastic sheets and binders. The final (current) tally is 134 players and managers and 1,516 cards. It’s a project that has been on the to-do list for [...]
After ending the season on a down note, losing back-to-back games and dropping four of their final seven contests, there was some concern about North Carolina State maybe blowing its NCAA tournament chances. But hopefully that “sky is falling” concern was put to rest with an emphatic 97-77 dismantling of the Virginia Tech Hokies in [...]
If you subscribe to The Athletic, you know that the Mets are blessed with two outstanding beat writers – Tim Britton and Will Sammon. Those two combined on a column today where they each contributed their thoughts to various questions. Unlike the late, great 2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball, they did not interact with each [...]
After four-plus months without Mets baseball, it’s a welcome sight to see Grapefruit League games. By now we know all of the pratfalls about Spring Training, where all of the players are in the best shape of their life and that everyone is working on a new pitch or a new approach in the box. [...]
2018 TOPPS HERITAGE MARK VIENTOS Mark Vientos hit two homers in a Spring Training game against the Marlins today, which made me search for one of his cards. This Heritage card jumped out to me, with its ultra-tight shot of Vientos. But what really caught my eye was the double yellow combination. The big circle [...]
There’s been a lot of worry about the age of the Mets’ rotation, especially with newly acquired Justin Verlander getting ready to embark on his age-40 season. But while it’s a good idea to avoid hitters this age – and frankly quite a few years earlier than that – there’s no reason to fret about [...]
Carlos Carrasco was having a really nice year until it rained in Atlanta during his start on August 15. There was a 55-minute rain delay, after which Carrasco came back out to pitch the second inning. That’s all he pitched, as he injured his oblique, which necessitated a trip to the IL. Coming into the [...]
In the minor leagues, Jose Butto was known for his changeup. He was called up to make a spot start in 2022 and he showed a fastball in the mid-90s, along with a slider and a curve. The two breaking balls were effective in his MLB debut but both his fastball and change were hit [...]