“Hello everybody I’m Lindsey Nelson,” was the first phrase ever proclaimed on the very first New York Mets MLB broadcast, back in April of 1962. Nelson delivered that phrase in a cheerful, upbeat style, as he would for the rest of his broadcast days. He also spoke it in the distinctive twang of his native [...]
In the Saturday, January 23 New York Post, there was an article by Ken Davidoff, whose headline proclaimed “Trevor Bauer’s dark social media episode should disqualify him from the Mets.” The incident in question involved a January 2019 twitter argument with a female college student. Bauer apparently posted publicly available photos of the student consuming [...]
Sorting out the 2021 Met infield is somewhat like assembling a puzzle. There is an array of pieces, and where they are going to fit is yet to be determined. First base is up for grabs, with Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith duking it out for playing time. The Robinson Cano piece fell off the [...]
The Mets starting rotation needs to be upgraded and fortified for the 2021 season. The 2020 rotation figured to be a strong point before last season, then the combination of Zack Wheeler departing for free agency, Noah Syndergaard tearing up his elbow, and Marcus Stroman sitting out the season led to serious underperformance in aggregate [...]
Some teams can afford the luxury of two superior players who play the same position. The last-place Mets are not one of those teams, they have a few too many needs that could be filled by dealing either Pete Alonso or Dominic Smith, both first basemen. For this article we will focus on the benefits [...]
The 2020 Mets have been up and down in this strange 2020 season, often seeming to be a piece or two away from being a powerhouse team. There are a few ex-Mets out there who are having banner seasons, and they could have been those precious missing pieces. The one thing these ex-Mets have in [...]
Tomas Nido has been a backup catcher with the Mets since 2017, with some stints in the minors interspersed during his tenure. The break that he should catch is a chance to get more playing time. He’s not likely to turn into another J. D. Davis, who blossomed with the Mets after stumbling with the [...]
The Mets have a load of candidates for the inaugural season of NL DH play. Following is a listing of players who are likely to be on the roster opening day, or in some cases on the so-called taxi squad, whose most productive position at this point in their careers is probably DH. They are [...]
Lenny Dykstra was an excellent ballplayer for the Mets, a clutch hitter who shined in the postseason. However, from all accounts, he is a nasty person. But is he a racist? He was essentially labeled as such by New York Supreme Court Judge Robert Kalish in a recent case brought by Dykstra and his legal [...]
The very first Mets season, 1962, was a dreadful one. That team, which lost 120 games, is sometimes cited as the worst team ever in modern baseball history. But there is a case to be made for a different team to be the worst, specifically the 1945 Philadelphia NL franchise, which actually used the nickname [...]
This year is the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Mets team. Although not as celebrated as its predecessor, the World Series winner of 1969, the ‘70 club was interesting in its own right. With a few breaks, it might have been playing meaningful ball in October. The defending champs were in contention for most of [...]
Opening day for the Mets’ 2020 season is drawing closer. It is scheduled for March 26 at Citi Field when the Mets will faceoff with the defending WS champs the Washington Nats. It is likely the Nats will start right-handed ace Max Scherzer. Let's see what the Mets’ batting order might look like for the [...]