The 2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were issued this week. Among the list of 54 finalists (three at each position per league) and 19 winners (there was one tie) there was not one single Mets player. Examining the list, it is noteworthy that 12 of the 19 winners were from playoff teams. Exposure helps, sure, [...]
The Mets have made many costly free agent mistakes over the years. At the time, signing Jason Bay, Bobby Bonilla and others seemed like a good idea. They had a track record of success, were still in their prime and coming off a good year. Hindsight is 20/20 so it's easy to now point to the [...]
With his introductory press conference out of the way and the 2018 season in the books, new Mets GM will step into his office faced with a lot of questions to answer and some of them will need to be addressed immediately. Here comes an incomplete list: How much freedom does the new Mets GM [...]
With the 2018 season in the books and no baseball to watch for the next four months, what's on your TV? For me it's the Knicks (see, teams can be worse than the Mets) and a few series I'm hooked on - the Walking Dead, House of Cards, and Ray Donavan. I just realized, the [...]
This weekend, Mets ownership (with a whisper in the ear from their three not-GMs) will hand the illusion of team reigns over to Wilfred Brimley, Jerry Maguire or Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory. Whichever partially qualified B-list candidate gets the job, let's hope they're watching the World Series to see just how much separates [...]
I'm watching every minute of the World Series, with zero rooting interest, purely as a baseball fan savoring the last few games of the year. I enjoy watching some of the best players in the sport, and perhaps with a bit of envy, wishing the Mets had a bullpen full of bazookas or an electrifying [...]
The Arizona Diamondbacks are a talented team that made the playoffs in 2017 and didn't miss by much in 2018, but the organization finds itself at a crossroads. Two of its best players - center fielder A.J. Pollock and pitcher Patrick Corbin are entering free agency, slugger Paul Goldschmidt is entering his walk year, and [...]
Rumor has it the Arizona Diamondbacks are about to blow it up. A.J. Pollock and Patrick Corbin are free agents and some big names are expected to be made available in trade, including superstar Paul Goldschmidt (more on that later today) and ace Zack Grienke. Should the Mets be in on any of these guys?
Watching the Yankees-Red Sox series wasn't just entertaining for the schadenfreude (c'mon, you know you liked seeing all those dejected Bombers fans in the crowd), it was also fun to keep an eye on the pending free agents. Regardless of who winds up in the big chair for the Mets, the team figures to be [...]
We're down to four teams - The 108-win Red Sox, the defending champion Astros, the red hot Milwaukee Brewers, and the deep Dodgers. Who are you rooting for? And more importantly, what free agent to be would you most like to see in Queens next year? Besides Manny Machado?
Ten out of 30 teams made the playoffs, and several others (Mariners, Rays, Cardinals) had good seasons and came pretty close. While some of those teams leaned on powerful lineups (Brewers, Yankees, Red Sox) and others on pitching (Astros, Indians), there are a few common threads that run through most if not all of them. [...]
Step one for the Mets off-season to do list is finding a new President of Baseball Operations and/or General Manager to take charge of putting together a competitive team for 2019. A lot of names have been mentioned. Who intrigues you the most?