Now that Robinson Cano is in the fold for the Mets, it might be interesting to see how other elite second basemen have fared in their age 36 season. We’ll examine the records of the nine Hall of Fame second basemen who played the bulk of their careers after the second World War. Although all [...]
The Mets have several areas where they need improvement going into 2019, especially the bullpen, but also the catching corps, and first base is iffy as well. One area of need that has not gotten much attention is utility infielder. They need a player good enough with the glove to backup Amed Rosario at shortstop, [...]
On December 9, the Baseball Hall of Fame “Today’s Game Era” committee will vote on potential new inductees. Among those on the ten person ballot is Davey Johnson, one of three candidates being considered as managers. The other two managerial candidates for the Hall are Charlie Manuel and Lou Piniella., Johnson, of course, was skipper [...]
Outfielder Michael Conforto under performed in the first half of 2018 for the Mets, followed by a very good second half. Which Conforto can we expect in 2019, the bad hitter of the first half or the sweet-swinging slugger of the second half? Looking at his first half through the FanGraphs splits tool, we see [...]
Mets’ center fielder Juan Lagares has had some recent thumbs down years, due his thumb being in a cast. In June of 2016 he tore the ligaments in his left thumb attempting a diving catch, then in June of 2017 he broke the same thumb, again on a diving try. The injuries lead to much [...]
The Mets are going to have to bolster their bullpen if they are going to make any noise in 2019. The relief corps posted a collective ERA of 4.96 in 2018, 28th in the Majors, and surrendered 82 homers, tied for 26th. One addition could be a blast from the past, namely 29 year old [...]
On October 16, the Mets held a press conference and made it official, their new triple A farm club in Syracuse would jettison its traditional nickname, the “Chiefs,” and would morph into the Syracuse Mets for the 2019 season. This was no great surprise, as the cat had been let out of the bag back [...]
Daniel Murphy had a fine career with the Mets capped by his incredible 2015 performance especially in the NLDS and NLCS, including a record of six consecutive postseason homers. After that 2015 season, the Mets did not offer him a long-term contract and Murphy chose to sign with the Nationals. Murphy was traded to the [...]
The Las Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL have advanced to the final round of the Stanley Cup hockey competition, remarkably in their very first year of play. One reason for their success was the makeup of the hockey expansion draft, which allowed the franchise to grab some good young and some good established players [...]
The 2018 regular season is over, and we are down to 10 teams that are still alive in the World Series chase. The question is, what team should the Mets fans root for? We’ll look at the possibilities in reverse order, from the perspective of an everyman Mets fan. It’s possible there are some Mets [...]
Jacob deGrom is racking up a historic year on the mound for the Mets, one with quite a few similarities to the season the greatest Met of all, Tom Seaver, put up in 1971. In ‘71 Seaver was in his fifth year in the Majors, as deGrom is this year. Both had won a Rookie [...]
The Mets, as a team, have not had an impressive offensive season so far. Through Sunday’s game the team has scored 635 runs, 12th in the NL. However one Met is high on many of the statistical leaderboards, and by one advanced metric he is having the best batting season of anyone in the league. [...]