North Carolina State won its third straight game with a thrilling 83-81 overtime victory over the No. 16 Miami Hurricanes, Saturday afternoon at home in PNC arena. It’s the sixth win in seven games since a road loss to Miami back on Dec. 10. The win moves the Pack to 14-4 overall and 4-3 in [...]
Let’s discuss something that Ben Clemens of FanGraphs posted recently. He took a tweet from Tom Tango, which asked his readers which one they would prefer: A. .315/.365/.510 B. .265/.365/.510 Implied is that these two slash lines are recorded in the same year/park, or in different eras/parks but with the same run-scoring environment. Because putting [...]
1974 TOPPS GEORGE STONE One year after getting the dreaded, “cap raised so you can’t see the logo” baseball card, Stone got this cool in action shot in his 1974 offering. As well he should. After coming over from the Braves in the Danny Frisella & Gary Gentry deal, Stone began the ’73 season in [...]
Now that the ZiPS forecasts are out for the Mets, it’s time to start our annual projection series. This marks the 11th year of doing individual projections for the top players on the Mets. My hope is that everyone will weigh in on what they think the player will do in 2022. You’ll have more [...]
The Carlos Correa era is over for the Mets, as the highly-desired free agent with the questionable long-term health status appears set to return to Minnesota. Correa now joins Carlos Beltran as former Astros who were set to join the Mets, only never to suit up for a single game with the club after agreeing [...]
As baseball fans interested in learning more about the game, we took a giant step forward with the arrival of Baseball-Reference. It’s hard to remember but there was a time when they did not update stats with the current season until the year was over. We took another step forward with FanGraphs, with all of [...]
It's not too late for a winning record!
Part of the reason for me starting to write online about the Mets was an incredulousness over what they would publish in newspapers for sports content. These journalism school majors seemingly had no clue about sports in general and baseball in particular. Later on, the realization hit me that they were writing for the lowest [...]
This is a story I never wanted to write. But it’s been a month and a day since Jacob deGrom signed with the Rangers. And given everything that’s gone on with the Mets since that point, the bitter taste should have faded some by now. But has it? We want the Hollywood ending. With deGrom, [...]
The first Opening Day of the Mets360 era happened in 2010. The Mets had strong teams in 2006-08, only to suffer an incredible number of injuries in 2009, which contributed mightily to a 70-92 record. Fans were optimistic that a return to playoff contention was on the table for ’10, even with Carlos Beltran, Daniel [...]
One of the best ways to have a good season is to have your stars stay healthy and produce. Focusing strictly on the hitters, the 101-win Mets did an excellent job of following this concept. After years of pointing out the discrepancy of how healthy other teams in the division were compared to the Mets, [...]