Josh Hamilton – (32) LF/CF, 6’4”, 240 Lbs, L/L: You look at Josh Hamilton these days and the story isn’t so much about his one-time troubles with addiction. The biggest question that general managers and Sandy Alderson have for concern with Hamilton is his age and the size and length of his desired contract. Is [...]
Note: This was written and ready to go last Monday but a little hurricane got in the way. I’ll start working on 2010 and have that ready for next week. In the meantime I will also say that anyone who reads this should get out and vote today. The Mets were not entering the 2009 [...]
I’ve been reading the Aubrey/Maturin Series by Patrick O’Brian so nautical metaphors are making a lot of sense. In the second of twenty one novels ‘Post Captain’ Jack Aubrey is posted into the HMS Polychrest (Also known as the “Carpenter’s Mistake”) a poorly designed and poorly built ship. In the HMS Polychrest I see an [...]
The 2008 draft was an okay year for the Mets but expectations were high, given that they had 3 picks in the first 33 overall. I go over the full draft below but the snap-shot is that the Mets addressed the revolving door at first base that had gone from John Olerud to Todd Zeile [...]
Imagine the following scenario: ‘Disgusted with his dismal performance in the playoffs and diminishing talents; the Yankees look to unload the contract of Alex Rodriguez so they can pursue a new direction. Unable to afford to offer him the contract he feels he deserves, the Mets are forced to pursue a trade for David Wright. [...]
The Mets' biggest concern in the offseason (after securing the futures of David Wright and R.A. Dickey… or trading them) is making something out of the nothing that is the New York Met outfield. Filled with vaunted names like Jason Bay, Lucas Duda, Mike Baxter, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Jordany Valdespin, the outfield leaves quite a [...]
Ike Davis played in 156 games for the Mets in 2012. He knocked 32 balls out over the fence, he drove in 90 base runners and he did all of this in the midst of a BAD season. It was a bad season. Davis hit .227 and had the worst year in his career. We’ll [...]
I did a piece last week on the Top 20 Blue Chip Prospects in the New York Met system. I wrote about Zack Wheeler, Wilmer Flores and Jeurys Familia but avoided talking about a number of solid players who could, in every likelihood, still help the franchise. Today’s list is the top 20 prospects who [...]
The buzz on the street is that the Mets, still strapped for cash and likely to bleed money for another season or two might need to part ways with their beloved 3B. As David Wright would leave Flushing for a new franchise, this Met fan wonders, who the Mets will bill as the great hope [...]
Blue Chips: Only ranking players with high ceilings. This excludes Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Reese Havens, Collin McHugh and others from my rankings. Not because they won’t be useful players but because they won’t be stars. The follow-up to this will be the Top 20 Role Player Rankings. Zack Wheeler: With Matt Harvey now firmly in my [...]
Met fans talk a big game. We say that if the BLEEPITY BLEEPING owners don’t give Sandy Alderson the money to sign David Wright and other players, that we’re not watching a single game. The truth of the matter is: If you are reading this blog… you care about the Mets too much to ignore [...]
At Age 20: Player A: 69 Games, 266 ABs, 29 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 10 HRs, 46 Runs, 59 RBIs, 31 BBs, 49 Ks, 1.038 OPS Player B: 66 Games, 275 ABs, 18 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 8 HRs, 37 Runs, 33 RBIs, 20 BBs, 30 Ks, .855 OPS Both of the players played at age 20 [...]