There is a camp of Mets fans that refuse to entertain the idea of trading any prospect for a player. Apparently when Milton Freidman said, “There is no such thing as a free lunch,” they weren’t paying attention. When news broke on Thursday of the Mets interest in White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez this faction [...]
This weekend, the Mets began the very first order of business toward shaping the 2015 roster by clearing space on their 40-man roster. Outfielder Andrew Brown was claimed on waivers by the Oakland Athletics and catcher Juan Centeno was claimed by the Milwaukee Brewers. The team also outrighted four players to Triple-A Las Vegas - [...]
For the past few weeks – well, really since the ballpark first opened in 2009 – the Citi Field fences have been a hot talking point for fans. The first fences were too damn big. The team built the ballpark so Jose Reyes could hit triples in it, said others. Prior to the 2012 season, [...]
Lately you’ve probably seen a couple of articles talking about a group project we’ve been doing, where we got to be the GM of a team and do a simulated offseason. I was lucky/cursed enough to get the Minnesota Twins to be my team. You see, while the Twins have struggled and their payroll has [...]
In a week where the baseball news has been dominated (and rightfully so) by the World Series, a pair of positive stories emerged from Flushing. The first being the Mets hiring of Kevin Long as their new hitting coach, and the second being Juan Lagares being nominated for a Gold Glove after being snubbed in [...]
Those tuning in to Fox Sports 1 last Saturday night were treated to something a little different. Fox decided to run an “alternative broadcast” featuring former Mets sideline reporter Kevin Burkhardt leading Rob Neyer, Gabe Kapler, CJ Nitkowski and San Diego Padres manager Bud Black in a sabermetrics-filled broadcast. While it did have its hiccoughs [...]
One of the pleasant surprises this year was the emergence of the Mets young starting pitching. While Jacob deGrom got most of the headlines, Zack Wheeler took several steps forward and looked fantastic, especially after the last dozen or so starts. We saw him taking steps forward, but not necessarily as many as he ended [...]
At the beginning of the year, I wrote this piece, where I noted five of the more under-the-radar pitching prospects in the Mets system to keep an eye on in 2014. The players I identified were: Casey Meisner, Robert Whalen, Robert Gsellman, Chris Flexen and Marcos Molina. Now that the season has come to a [...]
Mets rookie backstop Travis d’Arnaud had somewhat of a split season. There was the season before and after his demotion to Las Vegas. Before, he hit a paltry .180/.271/.273. After, he hit .272/.319/.486 to finish on a strong note. It’s hard to call 2014 a wild success for d’Arnaud because of the slow start, but [...]
Next up in our projection review series is the captain, David Wright. Coming off of two MVP-caliber seasons in a row, Wright suffered through arguably the worst season of his career in 2014, with his numbers falling off across the board. Of course, Wright was dealing with a severe shoulder injury for a majority of [...]
Heading into the offseason, the chorus that’s been beaten to death by pundits, fans, and pretty much everyone, is that the Mets need to upgrade at both shortstop and left field going into 2015 if they want to compete. The consensus seems to be that what the Mets got out of those two positions in [...]
With another season of Mets baseball now in the books, the time of the year for reflections on the season that was has began. The team’s 79-83 record, though disappointing, has to be seen as a step forward toward contention, especially when considering the lack of contributions the team saw from David Wright and Matt [...]