Middle relievers could be the biggest weakness in a Mets playoff push

The New York Mets are playing their best ball since their eleven game win streak early this year. They have won six straight and are 18-6 since July 31st. During the recent hot streak, their starting pitching has been good but not great. They've had outstanding contributions from Logan Verrett, Bartolo Colon and Jon Niese. [...]

Fans should lower their expectations for David Wright

The New York Mets continued another week in first place, amazingly enough. The starting pitching has been good, the bullpen has been shaky and the offense has been streaky at best. With all of this inconsistency, it's a wonder the team is still holding on to their spot atop the NL East. They have been [...]

Sandy Alderson: The three best moves he didn’t make this year

The New York Mets are on a roll these days and the baseball world is taking notice. They've been the focus of MLB ad campaigns and even stealing the back pages of the New York newspapers from their cross-town rival Yankees. Yes, life is good currently in Queens these days, but it almost wasn't this [...]

Five historic trades Sandy Alderson wouldn’t have done

It's been a roller coaster ride of a first half. Despite numerous injuries, offensive woes and many head-scratching moments, the New York Mets are still very much alive for October baseball. It has been well documented, however, that if they would like to get to that point, they need to make some moves to help [...]

Should we be upset Jacob deGrom didn’t get a complete game?

The New York Mets have had their fair share of offensive woes, but they have not lacked strong pitching performances. Four of the current six starters (deGrom 12,Colon 11, Harvey 11,Niese 10) have 10 or more quality starts (five innings or more). The other two, Matz and Syndegaard have not had enough starts to get [...]

Darrell Ceciliani’s emergence is a major key this season

There has been a change in the outfield of the New York Mets recently. His name is Darrell Ceciliani. When he was called up in May, many fans either had forgotten about him entirely or never even heard of him. That has since changed. He was supposed to simply take on the role of lefty [...]

Patience is the key for the Mets’ offensive offense

The New York Mets have been struggling to score runs.This is not a secret. Their offensive woes have been well documented throughout the blogging world. This inability to offer consistent run support for their starting pitching has been extremely frustrating to fans, media and players alike. It's been a major question since the season began [...]

Terry Collins: Why his six-man rotation is a bad idea

Baseball is all about innovations. As the game evolves, it is the duty of managers to become more creative with their rosters. Throughout the history of the sport this has been apparent. Whether it's the creation of a new pitch, the emergence of the closer role, the addition of the DH or the changing of [...]

Two Mets writers debating: Marlins’ GM Dan Jennings managing

It occurs to me that there are so many issues in the Mets organization and in baseball that get debated constantly behind the scenes by fans and media, alike. It's with that mindset serving as a backdrop that we present a conversation between me and Brian Joura. Frank - It seems the desperation level in [...]

Mets’ Interest in Troy Tulowitzki trade is a bad idea

The New York Mets have a major weakness. It's not much of a secret. Their defense up the middle leaves something to be desired. Despite the mediocre defense, particularly at shortstop, the team has continued to win on the strength of timely hitting that supports strong pitching. While this is a formula that has shown [...]