Late Friday, news broke that the Oakland Athletics had agreed to a trade sending star third baseman Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for Brett Lawrie and three prospects. Many were baffled by the trade, but it's impossible to see how. For years the Oakland Athletics have been cash-strapped for the past 20 years, [...]
With the Mets pursuit of a shortstop for the 2015 season still simmering, former Mets General Manager Steve Phillips penned an ESPN insider article opining that the Mets need to go out and make a trade for a superstar player to take the leap to being legitimate contenders. That opinion is right in line with [...]
When was the last time a Met player came out and confidently predicted success for the upcoming season? Was it "Team to beat"-gate from 2007/2008 with Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Beltran? Really since then the only pre-season choruses sung by Mets players have been about "taking some people by surprise," which is code for "we're [...]
When the news broke Sunday afternoon that the Atlanta Braves traded their young second baseman Tommy La Stella to the Chicago Cubs for international signee Arodys Vizcaino and international bonus slots, the move came as a bit of a surprise. Why would the GM Jed Hoyer and the Cubs, a team already with a glut [...]
The Mets have announced today the signing of OF Michael Cuddyer to a two year contract. Cuddyer is a career .279/.347/.466 hitter. Since Cuddyer received a qualifying offer from the Colorado Rockies, the Mets will surrender the 15th overall pick in the 2015 Amateur Draft. Cuddyer has struggled with injuries recently, and hasn't played in [...]
This season the development of Jeurys Familia and Jenrry Mejia in the back end of the Mets bullpen got a lot of attention, but flying more under the radar was the season that Carlos Torres put together in middle relief. Torres solidified himself as one of Terry Collins’ favorite arms with his stellar performance, striking [...]
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 [...]