The Mets look to win their third straight game against the Arizona Diamondbacks behind as Matt Harvey looks to solidify his case to start the All Star Game next week. [chat id="115" ]
Shaun Marcum looks to get his second win of the season and right the Mets' ship against the NL West leading Arizona Diamondbacks at 7:10 p.m. at Citi Field. [chat id="113" ]
I was speaking recently to another Mets blogger, and the topic of Justin Turner came up. After being unsurprised that a sabermetrician like myself prefers Josh Satin to Turner, he said that he liked Turner because, “Justin Turner is a clutch player.” “There are certain players who are just better in clutch situations, you can’t [...]
While a lot of attention has recently been paid to the Mets unorthodox methods of promoting David Wright’s all-star candidacy, the much bigger story is that Wright is posting numbers worthy of an all-star in 2013. Only two years ago, it seemed nearly unfathomable that Wright would ever post an all-star caliber season again, [...]
The Mets look to continue their dominance of Cole Hamels tonight in Citizen's Bank Park at 7:10 pm. [chat id="104" ]
If you are a listener of sports talk radio, it has been impossible over the past week to listen and not hear some host and/or caller mock Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson for telling fans to be patient. The formula is simple; cite some play or statistic that shows how dreadful the Mets have been [...]
With all the pomp and circumstance surrounding Zack Wheeler’s major league debut, most likely occurring later this week, the future of Mets baseball is rapidly approaching. The future appears to be built on strong starting pitching, anchored by Wheeler and Matt Harvey, and a slew of quality arms in Savannah, St. Lucie, and Binghamton waiting [...]
On the surface, Daniel Murphy has made some great strides this season towards establishing himself as one of the top second basemen in Major League Baseball. After Sunday’s loss to the Marlins, Murphy sported a .291/.323/.441 slash line and ranked sixth or better amongst second basemen in Major League Baseball in batting average (6th), slugging [...]
Ike Davis is easily the most perplexing player on the Mets roster right now. Now in his fourth season since being called up in 2010, Davis has posted one-and-a-quarter good seasons, and one-and-a-quarter horrendous ones. He has looked like two completely different ballplayers. Davis’ early triumphs on the field have perhaps given him some leeway [...]
Daniel Murphy is on fire. Coming into Sunday’s matchup with the Cubs, Murphy was riding a 7 game hitting streak during which time he is hitting .500 (14-28) with six extra base hits, five runs scored, and four RBIs. This recent offensive explosion has brought his triple slash to .301/.337/.455. On Sunday, Terry Collins decided [...]
Creative and new ideas and solutions often seem to come along as a result of limitations. Limitations are what forced Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta to architect ‘Moneyball’ in Oakland in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. After the rest of the league seemed to catch up with the A’s in the mid-2000’s, they came [...]
Last Wednesday, Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece, suggesting that Lucas Duda be the Mets leadoff hitter. That, combined with Friday night’s decision to bat Justin Turner in the 5th slot in the lineup got me thinking. What would a sabermetrically optimized lineup look like on the 2013 Mets? So, [...]