Author: John Fox

Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza has released the names of his starting pitchers for the first three games of the NLCS against the Dodgers. Kodai Senga is scheduled to start game one, followed by Sean Manaea in game two with Luis Severino tapped for game three back in Citi Field. This rotation looks solid… but it [...]

It’s the All-Star break, which seems like as good a time as any to determine midterm grades for the Mets players and management. This is a subjective process, which will factor in not only performance but also how the individual is doing compared to expectations. We’ll list batter, pitcher, and management sections, each done alphabetically. [...]

Off-season acquisition Harrison Bader has worked his way into the starting lineup, and he is getting the job done. Bader had a reputation as a good fielder with speed, but not much power. He was known as a good hitter against lefties. So far he has held up well defensively, he is credited with a [...]

Before the 2024 season began, I think it is safe to say starting pitching was not expected to be a team strength for the New York Mets. The headline starters from the 2023 season, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, had been shipped elsewhere prior to the end of last season. No big-name starters were signed [...]

This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for a surprise article from John Fox!

A lot of teams, probably including the Mets, are going to be pursuing free-agent pitcher Yoshinobo Yamamoto, who starred in the Nippon League this season. However there is another star pitcher to consider signing who did well in Japan this year, and that would be a more controversial personality, Trevor Bauer. We’ll start off looking [...]

Actually there are more than three, and there are some like Carlos Carrasco who has probably already broken through the ice. But in this article we are not going to worry about the myriad of relievers and 4A types of position players, we will focus on three players who are established major leaguers and whose [...]

It’s the All-Star break, which seems like as good a time as any to determine mid term grades for the Mets players and management. This is a subjective process, which will factor in not only performance but also how the individual is doing compared to expectations. We’ll list batter, pitcher, and management sections, each done [...]

Long-time Mets catcher Tomas Nido now plays for the Syracuse Mets. His future is cloudy. He will probably return to the Majors at some point, possibly even to the Mets, but none of that is a given. Nido was never an elite prospect, he was an 8th round selection in the 2012 draft. He actually [...]

For many decades, it was usual for MLB teams to bat their best all-around hitter in the third spot of the batting order. Players like Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial and Ted Williams, among many others, usually hit third in the batting order. More recently some teams have gone to placing their best hitter [...]