Last week I commented on one of our articles that the upcoming series against the Dodgers was the key to whether we were going to be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline. The key was and has been to put more runs up on the board while containing the opposition’s scoring. Hardly a controversial [...]
Danny Mendick appeared in Saturday’s starting lineup as the Mets third basemen. It was certainly not what the fans expected and not much is known about this under the radar choice to be called up in the face of the Eduardo Escobar trade. We all thought that Ronny Mauricio might get the call, but the [...]
It was a tough week of poor pitching and a lack of timely hitting that has brought us to this turning point in the season. Max Scherzer disintegrated last Tuesday against the crosstown rivals, and what was worse was with TV blackouts, only the YES network, with Yankee broadcasters, played the game on TV. Justin [...]
Throughout the years, the Mets have trotted out a variety of young pitchers with high hopes that they would turn out to be staples in the rotation. It rarely worked out that way. Today we will pluck out a pitcher from each of their most successful seasons, and then bring it back to the present [...]
Editor's Note - This was written before Monday night's game
At this point on the calendar, the Mets spring training record sits at 9-12 with six games left to play before opening day in Miami on March 30. While we always hope for a strong spring we usually end up, in a good year, close to .500. It would be nice to start off with [...]
Filling the third base position has always been a challenge for the Mets as demonstrated by the fact that they have trotted out 182 different players to try and handle the hot corner since their 1962 inaugural season. Of those 182 players, only 25 have played more than 100 games. 112 players appeared at 3B [...]
As we count the days until the start of spring training, we Met fans employ an age-old defense mechanism whereby we approach the upcoming season with high hopes and low expectations. Throughout the years our ownership shied away from spending on first rate free agents, instead opting to pursue the cheaper, second tier players hoping [...]