It’s time to look at the recipient of the new $50 million extensions, Jeff McNeil. This time last year, McNeil was coming off the worst season of his career and the computer models put a bunch of weight on that bad performance. The most-optimistic prediction from the six models was the .779 OPS forecast from [...]
Daniel Vogelbach is a polarizing figure on the Mets. There’s a significant chunk of the fanbase that have elevated him to cult-hero status because of his complete lack of an athletic-looking body. If you met him at your kid’s football game and he told you he was a truck driver, you’d say – that sounds [...]
Last week's Divisional Round picks went 3-1 and might have been a clean sweep if Patrick Mahomes didn't get hurt. It helps make up some for a lousy Divisional Round. Playoff picks are 4-6 and today offers the chance to get back to .500 in this regard. All odds are from yahoo!sportsbook, with home teams [...]
There were two players that fans wondered if the Mets would look to lock up early. And the club did just that with Jeff McNeil, signing him to a 4/$50 million deal with a club option for a fifth season at $13.75 million. It seems like an incredible deal for a player coming off a [...]
1988 TOPPS JOHN MITCHELL On the back of this card, we learn that John Mitchell was the International League Pitcher of the Year in 1986. It must have been a down year for pitching in the IL because nothing screams out awesome from his pitching line that year. Mitchell finished 12-9 with a 3.39 ERA [...]
Max Scherzer was better than expected in his first season in all categories except one – health. After making 30 or more starts in 11 of the past 12 full seasons – and having 27 starts in the other – Scherzer made just 23 starts in 2022, as he missed seven weeks with an oblique [...]
State concluded the first half of its ACC schedule with a 6-4 conference record, thanks to winning two of three games since our last update. The two wins came versus two of the bottom teams in the conference in Ga. Tech and Notre Dame. The lone loss was versus North Carolina, one that saw star [...]
One of the big questions for the 2023 Mets is how to divvy up playing time, especially for position players. Last year, unlike the pitchers, the hitters were mostly healthy. We certainly hope for the hitters, that’s the case once again. But if the starting position players remain healthy, how do you find playing time [...]
For hitters this year, we’re going to bring back the playing time element by projecting PA. RotoChamp does not include PA, so their entry will be AB + BB. Along with that will be the triple-slash line of AVG/OBP/SLG. There are five categories for pitchers so to bring it in line with the hurlers, let’s [...]
Yesterday the Mets signed free agent outfielder Tommy Pham to a 1/$6 million deal with incentives that could push the total value to $8 million. The move was met with mostly positive reaction, as Pham gives the team a reliable fourth outfielder, one capable of playing CF in a pinch. But to me, this is [...]
My top 50 list last year broke down players by levels, rather than looking to make an ordered list. The more time considering things, the more it seems to me that this is the way to go. Don’t worry if you prefer the ordered-list method, as David Groveman will likely publish a list like that [...]