Though we entered this season with playoff hopes, briefly justified by a scorching start, we now enter this August weekend battling the Marlins for last place. And to be clear, these are not the Marlins of last year who sported the best outfield and one of the most potent lineups in the National League. These [...]
Manager Mickey Callaway recently said that he plans to start using some of the young relief pitchers in high leverage spots to see how they can handle it. Of Jacob Rhame, Bobby Wahl, Tyler Bashlor, Gerson Bautista, and Drew Smith who do you think has the best shot to earn a meaningful role in the [...]
The Mets added to their collection of right-handed relief pitchers when they traded closer Jeurys Familia to the Oakland A's. One of the two players we received was a hard-throwing 26-year-old named Bobby Wahl. Due mainly to his age, fans and writers assumed he's a non-prospect, but perhaps he's a late bloomer? The Virginia native [...]
Jeurys Familia has been traded away. AJ Ramos is on the DL and headed for free agency, as is Jerry Blevins. Among the rest of the Mets bullpen, who can you see playing a key role in 2019? Are our future closer and setup man on the roster?
Another day, another Mets loss. Our band of hasbeens and non-prospects were bested by a Braves team that is younger, faster and hungrier. Jason Vargas took his turn in the rotation and got off to a bad start, surrendering four early runs before settling down. The veteran lefty lasted five innings and struck out seven, [...]
If you missed this game, you may think the score is a typo. It's not. The Mets lost by three touchdowns in the most lopsided loss in the 57-year history of the franchise. Following a very active trade deadline in which the Nationals opted not to sell off and instead go for it this year, [...]
While all the New York area columnists are painting a picture of gloom and doom about the Yoenis Cespedes injury news, this blogger think it could prove to be a blessing in disguise. The Mets are clearly not sniffing the playoffs this year and due to his is contract and recent injury history, Cespedes was [...]
Jeff McNeil was hitting like a madman in the minors and his long overdue promotion to the struggling big league club finally came. So why is he only pinch hitting while the washed up Jose Reyes and non prospect Phillip Evans are getting the start at third base? When Todd Frazier returns, will Reyes finally [...]
In a possible audition for his next team, Zack Wheeler delivered a solid performance on the mound, holding the Padres to just two runs on four hits over seven innings. He also delivered a double at the plate, bringing his season batting average up to .212, better than a few regular hitters on his team. [...]
Jeurys Familia is on his way to Oakland in exchange for two prospects - 23-year-old, lefty hitting 3rd baseman Will Toffey (the A's 17th ranked prospect) and 26-year-old right handed relief pitcher Bobby Wahl. Toffey was a fourth round pick out of Vanderbilt in the 2017 draft and has been slashing .244/.357/.384 in high A [...]
The Mets seemed destined to lose this game until Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman entered in the ninth and couldn't find the strike zone. The flame throwing lefty walked three, hit a batter and allowed an infield single to close the gap from 7-3 to 7-6, but the unlikely rally came up short as Chasen Shreve, [...]
Other than the annual amateur draft, Major League Baseball teams have two big opportunities to shape a roster - the off-season and the summer trade deadline.b The Mets blew both in the last calendar year and hence we're battling for last place instead of a playoff spot. Short-sighted thinking is the wrong approach. Short-sighted thinking [...]