The 2016 season was a good one overall for the New York Mets. The team finished with a record of 87-75 capturing the first wild card in the process. Unfortunately, they were unceremoniously bounced in the wild card game by Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants. Many players had outstanding individual seasons for the [...]
The 2016 Mets were heading into the middle of 2016 season with a record of 40 wins and 33 losses. Their already anemic offense had suffered the losses of first baseman Lucas Duda and third baseman David Wright, then they signed former team hero Jose Reyes. Reyes was coming off a disappointing season split between [...]
Now that the Mets have settled their bullpen situation by retaining lefty Jerry Blevins and right hander Fernando Salas let’s look at how it could set up. With the upcoming suspension for closer Jeurys Familia looming the Mets have a few decisions to make for the beginning of the season. Familia is facing at least [...]
To say that the 2016 season was a disappointing one for Met’s catchers would be a bit of an understatement. Entering the season, catcher seemed to be a position of strength with a healthy Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki with another year of major league experience under his belt. Between injuries and poor play the [...]
As we approach spring training the Mets have had very little offseason action to cover. Most of the work accomplished this winter by Sandy Alderson was keeping his own players by resigning Yoenis Cespedes, Neil Walker accepting the qualifying offer and exercising Jay Bruce’s option. The remaining work to be done this offseason should involve [...]
Heading into the 2017 season the Mets bullpen is in flux. One of the strong points of the 2016 Mets was the back end of their bullpen consisting of Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia. With Familia most likely facing a suspension stemming from his domestic violence arrest, the team will be forced to use Reed [...]
Terry Collins is entering the 2017 MLB season as the oldest manager in the sport. He will turn 68 this May as he begins his seventh and possibly final season as the Mets skipper. Many have speculated that Collins will retire at the end of this season although he has cast doubt on that notion [...]
The 2016 New York Mets were able to make the playoffs as the first wild card with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. The team accomplished this feat in a division that featured two teams in the midst of rebuilds, the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. Those teams combined to go 139 [...]
Last season was a pretty good year for the New York Mets. They ended up with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses as a result they currently sit at the number 20 overall position in the upcoming amateur draft. The Mets have mostly gone the prep route since Sandy Alderson took over as [...]
The New York Mets head into the 2017 season with four of the five starting pitching spots taken by young stars. However three of the four young stars are coming of injury with Noah Syndergaard being the lone exception. If everything goes as planned and Matt Harvey, Jacob DeGrom, and Steven Matz all return healthy [...]