Next up in our interview series is Joe Vasile. Many of you know Joe from the analytically-driven stories he’s written here over the years but what you may not know is that Joe is a broadcaster in the minor leagues with the goal to make it to the majors. We’re all rooting for him to [...]
The survivor pool was over after just one week. So, here's another offering besides our standard articles.
Here’s the final look back at the preseason projections. Forecasts were done for the five starting pitchers and the closer. The predictions were good for the infielders and not so great for the outfielders. Which direction will the pitcher forecasts tip the scales? Because of the lockout, only rate stats were used. The categories for [...]
One of the items asked for by readers from our September customer survey was to have things in addition to our regular articles. One of the suggestions was to have interviews with non-team personnel. Below is an email correspondence with Matt Netter. Matt gave his last reply a little while ago, which explains why his [...]
After checking in on the projections for catcher and infielders in our first look back, this time around we’re going to do the outfielders and designated hitter. Because of the lockout, we looked at rate stats only – forecasting AVG, OBP, SLG, BB% and K%. Unlike in 2021, we saw some good projections right away [...]
One of the items asked for by readers from our September customer survey was to have things in addition to our regular articles. One of the suggestions was to have interviews with non-team personnel. Below is an email correspondence with David Groveman, who has written for the site and appeared on podcasts dating back to [...]
One of the items asked for by readers from our September customer survey was to have things in addition to our regular articles. One of the suggestions was to have interviews with non-team personnel. Below is an email correspondence with longtime reader and occasional writer Chris F. You no doubt recognize the name, as Chris [...]
Winning lots of games in the regular season is no guarantee of postseason success.
You asked for it in the survey and we listened!
It seems a lifetime ago. But in the beginning of 2022, we had the lockout and there were concerns about how many games would actually take place this season. Fortunately, we got all 162. But that was unknown when the projection series started. Because of this, we moved to all rate-based stats for the individual [...]
The 2021 Mets won 77 games. This year’s squad improved by 24 games. The Mets won 101 games, the second-highest total in franchise history. It was a great year, despite how the season ended. Some here wondered if they’d win 85 games once the news hit about the injury to their ace late in Spring [...]
In an elimination game, the Mets were one-hit by Joe Musgrove (and two relievers) and they fell to the Padres, 6-0. Yes, the same Musgrove they knocked out in the sixth inning back in the regular season. The Mets were so incredulous that this pitcher was dominating them that Buck Showalter had the umpires conduct [...]