While everyone’s attention is on what free agents the Mets will sign, a somewhat related topic is how the Mets’ minor league system plays into things. Here, David Groveman shares his thoughts with me on this question and others as we do an email exchange on a variety of topics around the club’s farm system. [...]
How many times have you clicked on an article, regardless if it’s a sports article or a regular news piece, only to find that it’s behind a paywall? We know the frustration that involves. You just want to read that one particular article, not necessarily read everything at the site. Today we’re introducing a new [...]
We hear so much about the Mets trying to build up their farm system. But it’s empty talk because everyone mentions the overall goal but no one talks about the specifics. Does the farm system only count the guys you originally drafted/signed or is it anyone who spent X amount of time in the minors? [...]
When we last checked in on the basketball team, they were 3-0, having beaten three cupcakes. They had one more easy game scheduled before heading to the Bahamas to participate in the Battle 4 Atlantis, where they would play three games in three days against competition significantly better than they had faced all year. Their [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! There are three Thursday games to watch today while gouging on turkey so enjoy one of the best days of the year. My picks went 7-5-2 last week, bringing my season total to 33-28-4. Last week’s picks were made in time for the Thursday night game and that was a win. However, my [...]
1968 TOPPS BOB HENDLEY If Bob Hendley is remembered in baseball today, it’s for throwing a one-hitter in a game that Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game. The only run scored in the game was an unearned one, making it a perfect representation of the deadball 1960s. But what makes him a subject of the [...]
It’s a fascinating phenomenon on how when people want something to be true that they’ll ignore all evidence to the contrary. Carl Everett didn’t believe in dinosaurs and The Flat Earth Society is still a thing. Let’s add to that the belief that Jeff McNeil had a good year in 2022 because he stopped trying [...]
If you’ve been a Mets fan for any amount of time, you’ve no doubt heard about how the team’s been involved in some horrible trades. There is no shortage of articles online with titles like “Top 10 worst trades in Mets history.” It’s tough to lose talent. So, it may comes as a surprise to [...]
My picks went 7-6 last week, bringing my year-long record to 26-23-2. The crazy thing is that the picks for the traditional 1:00 and 4:00 Sunday games are solid and the picks for night games have been dismal. Last week, the column was posted in time to pick the overseas game. That one was a [...]
The Wolfpack have played two games since our last update, winning both of them to up their season record to 3-0. They haven’t played a particularly good team yet, so take that record with a grain of salt. But their last two opponents offered different challenges, one that State found easier to defeat than the [...]
At the end of the 2018 season, the Mets were in the market for a new GM. They ended up with three finalists for the job. There was the hot-shot youngster in Chaim Bloom, the old pro in Doug Melvin and the wildcard outsider in Brodie Van Wagenen. At the time, my preference was Bloom [...]
Prior to the 2015 season, my top 10 list had Rafael Montero #1 and Noah Syndergaard #2. That one hasn't worked out very well, as Syndergaard has posted 21.0 fWAR in his career to date while Montero has just a 3.7 mark. Both are free agents this year and Montero just inked a 3/$34.5 million [...]