The Mets have four big-name players who are on the verge of free agency. You can make cases for retaining all of them but the odds of all four players being in Queens next year seem very low indeed. So, how would you prioritize these four in terms of potential importance to the 2022 Mets? [...]
Recently, this bombshell appeared in The Athletic about the Mets’ search for a President of Baseball Operations: Owner Steve Cohen is running the executive search on his own, according to multiple sources, with little input even from team president Sandy Alderson. No doubt this made the Alderson haters, who blame him for everything, including the [...]
Javier Baez made his MLB debut in 2014. Guess how many cards he has? If he made his debut in 1964, the answer would be easy. Well, maybe not the exact answer but pretty close. Assuming Topps guessed right and gave him a spot on a multi-player rookie card in his debut season, that would [...]
The Mets have the wealthiest owner in MLB. They also have a clear need for starting pitching. Those two factors have made everyone fall in line in agreement that the Mets should give the Qualifying Offer (QO) to Noah Syndergaard. But my belief is that it would be a mistake for the Mets to do [...]
One of the tough things to accomplish – both as a sports fan and merely navigating life – is to find the balance between embracing new ideas and holding onto virtues from the past. I detest blind adherence to tradition. The worst sports fans are the ones who think that RBIs and AVG are how [...]
Most of us have memories that we treasure. And we also have memories of random things that stood out for one reason or another. One random memory of mine was being at a game where Dave Kingman homered and getting so excited because I just punched his name out on a bunch of All-Star game [...]
My guess is that everyone over the age of 60 reading this knows who Buckminster Fuller is, while everyone under 30 probably doesn’t, unless they were an architecture or possibly an engineering student. Before going into why he’s famous, here’s a quote from him near the end of his life: I m now close to [...]
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I’m shocked this Johnny Stephenson card of mine hasn’t gotten the COTW treatment before now. This card is a hand-me-down, either from one of my older brothers or from one of their friends. It’s beat up pretty bad, with bowing of the card, soft corners, a bit of paper missing by the catcher's mitt and [...]
In what can hardly be considered a surprise, given the team's performance this past season along with the firing of manager Luis Rojas, almost all of the major league coaching staff was let go or reassigned. The one potential holdover on the major league staff is Jeremy Hefner. It sounds like the new manager will [...]
Below are my grades for the 2021 Mets. Grading is a subjective process at best. My goal is to incorporate actual production, along with preseason expectations, as well as the individual’s role on the club. This means not all grades that are the same are equal. Pete Alonso – Perhaps the most consistent player on [...]
The 2021 Mets season ended like it started – with a loss. Six Braves pitchers combined on a 3-hit shutout, leading Atlanta to a 5-0 victory. It would’ve been nice to end the year with a good taste in our mouth. Instead, we were left with some combination of onions, anchovies and Limburger cheese. Patrick [...]