Spring Breakout game had a great debut
One of the goals for David Stearns was to improve the Mets’ defense. And there are few center fielders in the game better than Harrison Bader when it comes to defense. Signing Bader allows the Mets to move Brandon Nimmo to left field. If Starling Marte returns to form, that gives the Mets a strong [...]
N.C. State shook off a brutal start to outscore Duke in both halves in an 84-79 upset of the No. 2 Blue Devils Thursday night in the ACC Tournament quarter-finals. They’ll square off against Virginia in the semi-finals Friday night at 9:30 p.m. Here’s how the night started for the Pack: Missed jumper by Casey [...]
The small sample sizes and the questionable level of competition are two things that make Spring Training stats not a particularly good barometer of how a player will do once the regular season starts. People love to point out how Player X did great/poor in Grapefruit League action, only to turn around and do poor/great [...]
It’s tough to beat a team three times in a year if you’re not significantly better. Syracuse won two times in the regular season, with State shooting horribly in the first game and with the Orange having a big night from behind the arc to win the second game. But there was no big discrepancy [...]
State knocked down 33 free throws and converted 16 Louisville turnovers into 22 points en route to a season-high in points, as they won their opening round game in the ACC Tournament with a 94-85 win over the Cardinals. State advances to the second round, where they’ll take on Syracuse at 7 p.m. The Orange [...]
A stone is a unit of mass of 14 pounds. If we can borrow this unit of measurement for weight and apply it to years, this blog has been around for a stone. And in that stone’s lifespan, this blog has consistently called for the Mets to give real shots to young guys from their [...]
In a fitting end to the 2023-24 regular season, State fell behind by 17 points in the second half, rallied to cut the deficit to three points before running out of gas and losing by eight points, in an 83-71 loss at Pitt. With the win, Pitt earns the double bye in the ACC tournament. [...]
FanGraphs shows the Mets with a projected 80-82 record, with a run differential of -6. It has the Mets with a middle-of-the-pack offense, with their 4.66 runs per game being in a three-way tie for 15th in the majors. Their runs allowed is a bit worse, as their 4.70 runs per game ranking 20th in [...]
In the offseason before 2023, Brett Baty rocketed up prospect lists, finishing as high as No. 17 with Baseball Prospectus’ ranking. This caused some fans to want him to take over as the Mets’ starting third baseman. Then he had a very good Grapefruit League season, which caused even more fans to jump on the [...]
Spring Breakout is a new Major League Baseball initiative aimed at showcasing the game’s young talent during Spring Training. The Mets' game will be March 15 versus the Nationals. Here is the clubs' roster: Pitchers Blade Tidwell, RHP Brandon Sproat, RHP Dominic Hamel, RHP Tyler Stuart, RHP Nolan McLean, RHP Calvin Ziegler, RHP Paul Gervase, [...]
It’s standard operating procedure for a new GM to come in and show little to no allegiance to guys already on the team, or especially, in the farm system. Omar Minaya did this, as did Sandy Alderson then Brodie Van Wagenen and Alderson again. Because the Mets are in prospect acquisition mode now, we haven’t [...]