1970 TOPPS DUFFY DYER This Duffy Dyer card is from the last series in what at the time was the largest set Topps had ever produced. As one who has had the privilege/misfortune to chase high-series cards in a bunch of different sets over the years, it has always seemed to me that these cards [...]
In his second season with the Mets, Francisco Lindor played in all but one game and saw his OPS+ jump 25 points from his first year in Queens. The result was a ninth-place finish in the MVP voting. Outside of the career-high IFFB%, it’s hard to imagine a much-better season from Lindor. So, what does [...]
The Mets recently announced their 2023 minor league coaching staffs, as well as their player development and medical personnel for the upcoming season. The list of names includes many former MLB players, including the likes of J.P. Arencibia, Reid Brignac, Miguel Cairo and others. It caught me off guard that with the host of familiar [...]
1962 TOPPS ROGER CRAIG My collection has complete sets from the late 90s to 1963, plus 1961. Currently, my chase includes 1960, 1957 and the first series of 1952. Missing is 1962, the first year of the Mets, one that would seem to be a key set for a Mets fan who collects cards. How [...]
It was an eventful year for Eduardo Escobar, one that continued into the offseason with the pursuit of Carlos Correa to take his job. In his first year with the Mets in 2022, the free-swinging Escobar drew 15 BB in the month of April. After that, he returned to his usual self, finishing with a [...]
Back before they finally won the World Series, jokes about the Cubs were a thing. My favorite was one attributed to Pete Rose, who allegedly asked, “What did God say to the Cubs? “Don’t win until I come back.” Anyway, if 2016 never happened, we could make some jokes about the Cubs and Jose Quintana. [...]
After going 3-0 since our last update, North Carolina State cracked the AP Top 25. By itself that’s a great thing for a team that finished in the bottom of the ACC a season ago. But it comes at a time when neither of the blues – Carolina and Duke – are ranked. Noted ACC [...]
Here is the first paragraph in an article written here back in 2014, entitled, Mets change slot philosophy with 2014 Draft: Prior to the 2012 Draft, MLB instituted a new policy in how it handled the signing of amateur players selected in the June affair. With these new rules in place, it was hard to [...]
The Mets issued a two-sentence press release, which said the following: "Minor League RHP Matt Allan underwent UCL revision surgery in January. Dr. Keith Meister performed the procedure in Arlington, TX." If you hope this is a minor cleanup, think again. Here's a snippet from an article on MLB.com - note the name of the [...]
1984 FLEER UPDATE DWIGHT GOODEN In 1990 I started a Dwight Gooden collection. Previously, my interest was all about collecting complete sets and that’s still very much my priority. But, given all of the various card manufacturers that were around then, it seemed reasonable to have a single-player corner in my collection. Gooden had already [...]