If you listen to people around the baseball world there is a general consensus. The Mets could be contenders in 2015 and all it will take is money. Sure, Sandy Alderson could get creative. He could trade some of the young talent and find ways of improving the anemic offense without spending money, but why [...]
We are all nervously hoping for some good news on Jacob deGrom. He’s been a feel-good story for the up and down Mets of 2014. Should he be able to return he’s in the running for the 2014 Rookie of the Year award but, return or not, his injury opens the door for Rafael Montero [...]
Matt Reynolds is not a household name. He was drafted in the second round of the 2012 draft as a plus defender at third base that the Mets planned to try out at shortstop. He was an afterthought in a year the Mets drafted Gavin Cecchini (who is currently irrelevant in Port St. Lucie) but [...]
The trade deadline has come and gone and Daniel Murphy is still a Met, Hooray! Murphy is a big part of the new “soul” of the franchise and, as the Mets slowly round into respectability, I’d like him to stay a part of it. The trade deadline was particularly good for some teams, like Boston, [...]
Sometimes I’m wrong, like when I said that Juan Lagares would show no offensive growth in 2014 and would instead backslide into being unplayable. Sometimes I’m right, like when I said that Jacob deGrom might have the brighter future than Rafael Montero. I was wrong about Bartolo Colon… to a point. Colon has been great. [...]
Michael Conforto is finally playing for Brooklyn and there is certainly a lot to like about what we’ve seen so far. What struck me about seeing him is how unlike the scouting report I’d read, he played. Conforto was pegged to be a power hitting outfielder who was good with the bat but in the [...]
On 7/17 I had the chance to go back out to Brooklyn and watch the Cyclones play. I’m repeating myself but, it is a great ballpark and you should make the effort to get down there. The game was televised on SNY and people might have been watching at home. The starter, Casey Meisner, was [...]
Jack Leathersich is a left handed relief pitcher with Binghamton. He’s not a big guy and he doesn’t throw particularly hard, but his results are phenomenal. He is the biggest strikeout threat in the Met farm system and could be just as important to the Met future as Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob [...]
I was asked over the weekend, “Should the Mets fire Terry Collins?” My answer, “Yes.” My reason is not what most people might say. Collins is guilty of one solitary cardinal sin, in my eyes. He insisted on playing Ruben Tejada over Wilmer Flores. “But Flores wasn’t hitting!” Yes, as a pinch hitter/spot starter, he [...]
I had the pleasure to attend the Thursday matchup between the Aberdeen Ironbirds (Orioles) and the Brooklyn Cyclones on 6/26 and was able to see some of the talent in the Mets system first hand. I highly recommend going out to MCU park and watching the Cyclones play, it’s a very good time. You’ll even [...]
It’s that time of year. The weather is warmer, there’s an influx of young talent from the draft and organizations begin to promote those players who made impressions in the first half of the minor league season. Not everyone who deserves a promotion receives one, and not every promotion that is made is deserved. Here [...]
The 2015 Mets will boast rotation candidates like Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Jonathon Niese, Dillon Gee, Jeremy Hefner, Jacob deGrom and Rafael Montero. The bullpen will feature arms such as Bobby Parnell, Jenrry Mejia, Vic Black, Jeurys Familia and Jack Leathersich. The lineup will feature some familiar names like David Wright, Daniel Murphy, [...]