How long til Sandy Alderson presses the DFA button?

As well as the Mets have played in this first month of the season, this roster still has some issues related to injuries and underperformance. This team came to spring training better prepared for inevitable injuries and performance struggles than it has in years. The 40-man roster was stocked with Major League quality players instead [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Cardinals 5 (10 innings) – 4/24/18

Struggling sluggers Jay Bruce and Yoenis Cespedes sprang to life with two clutch long balls that propelled the Mets to a 6-5 win over the Cardinals in 10 innings. The Mets were down 4-1 until Cespedes' mammoth 3-run blast tied it up  in the fifth inning. Bruce's two-out solo shot in the 10th gave the [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Braves 3 (12 innings) – 4/20/18

It took 12 innings, dueling bullpens, waiting out missed opportunities and overcoming a few umpire calls that didn't go their way, but the Mets prevailed 5-3 over the Atlanta Braves. The big hit came courtesy of a Yoenis Cespedes RBI single in the top of the 12th inning. The go-ahead run was scored by you'd-never-have-guessed it Robert Gsellman, [...]

Friday catch all thread (4/20/18)

We value the comments section of our articles, but sometimes the comments can go off on a tangent about things that aren’t the main focus of the article. That’s why this thread exists. Post any Mets or baseball-related thing you want here. Thanks for being loyal readers of Mets360! MattyMets will get us started today... Jose Reyes [...]

Brandon Nimmo is a really nice problem to have

Do the Mets really have an outfield logjam? The late blooming Brandon Nimmo has looked fantastic this season and really seems to be rounding into a strong player and a very effective leadoff hitter. Problem is, the Mets have three clear starting outfielders in Yoenis Cespedes, Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto, not to mention a [...]

Jay Bruce, Todd Frazier and the importance of stability

Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson certainly had an active off-season. By most accounts, his free agent signings grade out as a B for filling all the obvious holes, but not reeling in any big fish. However, if you look at it from another angle, based on his likely motivation, you could easily grade him an [...]