“Who’s on third?” is a question that’s been asked by Mets fans over the years as much as Abbot and Costello. According to the UltimateMets database, 153 Mets players have manned the hot corner since the team’s 1962 inception. Make that 154 while we wait for the webmaster to add backup catcher turned emergency third [...]
As the crappy Meat Loaf song goes, “two out of three aint bad.” To kick off the 2015 season taking two of three from the overwhelming division-favorite Nationals is pretty freakin’ spectacular if you ask this Mets fan. With an evening to catch our collective breath before the Mets begin 10 days in a row [...]
As we've learned from the meaningless games of spring training, this Mets team has the potential to fill the stadium with meaningful games in September. This is not a rebuilding team like the Braves or Diamondbacks and it is certainly not a floundering team (Rockies), nor a middling one (Brewers), nor an aging one (Phillies). [...]
As you read the various 2015 season previews you’ll be hard pressed to find any prognosticator who doesn’t pick the Washington Nationals to handily win the National League East. Several are predicting they’ll win the National League Pennant and even the World Series. According to the Sporting News, “a team with hardly any flaws should [...]
Given all the questions surrounding the Mets – unproven players, key contributors coming back from injuries, etc – it’s not easy to objectively predict what the 2015 season has in store for them. Here are some predictions from three perspectives. The 2015 Mets – the Rose Colored Glasses Edition Matt Harvey continues his spring dominance [...]
Over the past five seasons, the Mets have seen their share of roster churn. Between trades, free agency, DFAs and non-tenders, the league is well represented by former Mets players. Among them are plenty of marginal players, but also some high quality players – some of whom may be better than what we currently have [...]
As they prepare for a pivotal 2015 season, the Mets could be worse off than being in the National League East. Not every division features two teams in clear rebuilding mode. However, whether against the retooling Phillies or Braves, the fledgling Marlins, or the contending Nationals, the Mets will need to be at their best [...]
At the conclusion of the 2011 season, General Manager Sandy Alderson was faced with what still stands as the biggest decision of his Mets tenure. David Wright and Jose Reyes were both 28 years old and set to become free agents. Alderson only had the budget to resign one of the team’s two homegrown, fan-favorite [...]
This was supposed to be a big offseason. The dead weight contracts were off the books, the young gun pitchers had arrived with more on the way, The Dark Knight was coming back, and the fans were getting restless. After four consecutive losing seasons on his watch, and four winters of shedding salary and stockpiling [...]
Is there a single linchpin to the Mets 2015 season? A number of writers seem to think there's a lot riding on Wilmer Flores panning out as our shortstop. Others point to a healthy return by David Wright or Matt Harvey. A bounce back season from Curtis Granderson has also been identified as a linchpin. [...]
"We have quality players at every position," Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson boasted to the media last week. "One of the reasons we've been fairly quiet is we've got players with the potential to improve us by 10 games, which is what we need. So we're comfortable going into spring training and excited actually to [...]
Now in his fifth offseason as General Manager of the Mets, Sandy Alderson has a large enough sample size of free agent signings for us fans and critics to pass judgment. Following the 2010 season, Alderson was hired as GM and brought with him a dream team of lieutenants in former Toronto Blue Jays GM [...]