The 2021 season is a long way from its end, but Jacob deGrom sure seems like he is on his way to an epic season, and perhaps to accomplish a feat that has never been done before. Specifically, that would be deGrom winning the Cy Young, MVP, Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards all in [...]
Going into the 2021 season, Met fans had justifiably high expectations. The starting pitching shaped up to be excellent, catching appeared to be upgraded over 2020, and the outfield looked solid. Then there was the middle infield. It looked possible, if not probable, that the combination of shortstop Francisco Lindor and second baseman Jeff McNeil [...]
With spring training underway, the Mets seem to have a mostly set starting lineup for the upcoming season. It is reasonable to assume that the starting lineup most days would include an outfield of Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo, and Dominic Smith. James McCann is set at catcher, and the infield would include Pete Alonso, Jeff [...]
“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 [...]