It was a sister-kisser week, as my picks went 5-5-2, bringing my season ledger to 19-17-2, with best bets going 3-3. The highlight of the week was getting a night game right for the first time, as the Ravens pounded the Saints on Monday night. With that little jinx out of the way, it’s time [...]
Next up in our interview series is friend of the site, John from Albany. I first became aware of John around four years or so ago, when he was writing for Mack's Mets. John brought something completely different to Mack's site. Sure, he wrote about prospects like everyone else there does. But he also contributed [...]
Gus left a comment on the Open Thread that deserves a full response. He wrote: Sometimes, I come here and feel like I’m from outer space. How can anyone not like the Diaz deal? First, the Mets didn’t have a fallback option nor are there any in free agency. Secondly, since when did elite prime [...]
For a guy that many didn’t have a very high opinion of this time last year, Billy Eppler had a very strong year in his first season as the Mets’ GM. But the following quote from Eppler about Francisco Alvarez makes me glad he’s the GM and not the manager. "As we're constituted right now, [...]
What better way to put the nightmare that was the 2021-22 college basketball season behind us than with a blowout in the first game of 2022-23. And that’s exactly what the N.C. State Wolfpack did Monday night, as they trounced the Austin Peay Governors, 99-55 at PNC Arena in Raleigh. So, if you missed it [...]
If we had a poll at the site for favorite commenter, my belief is that at least 95% of the people would pick Metsense. Like many, he’s passionate. But he brings so much more to the table than that. Two things that stand out are his ability to change his mind when presented with convincing [...]
If a hitter has a great season in the last year of his contract, some will say it was driven by the desire to cash in on a lucrative new deal. But few say that about relievers. Well, Edwin Diaz cashed in on a great, great year with a reported 5-year, $102 million deal. Is [...]
For the second straight week, things got off to a good start before falling apart after the 4:00 games. This time it was even better, as the 1:00 and 4:00 games were 8-3. But the late games again went 0-2, although this time they weren’t the best bets. After two weeks, the overall record is [...]
In another lifetime, I used to cover high school and college sports for newspapers. It amazed me what horrible questions reporters would ask in news conferences and it didn’t matter if it was for a tiny high school or a major Division I sport. My highest-profile gig was doing a bowl game and someone asked [...]
For years, Mets fans complained about the offense being too one-dimensional. And now, coming off a season with 101 wins with a much more balanced offense, those same people are saying that the Mets need more power, the same dimension they thought the team relied on too much in earlier years. Sometimes you just have [...]
In last week’s games, things were setting up nicely. At 8 p.m. my picks had gone 6-5 and the two remaining games were my best bets. It felt like an 8-5 week was on the horizon, which would be a great start. But the gambling gods were not going to let me have that moment. [...]
No one who writes for the site makes my job easier than John Fox. I am especially grateful for his reliably early submissions, to say nothing of his article topics, which always seem carefully chosen. Two years ago, when I was contemplating the future direction of Mets360, one plan was to have just John as [...]