Sandy Alderson recently spoke with the media for the first time since it was revealed he had a form of cancer and had some very interesting things to say. As usual, and depending on your current mood with team, some of those things were a bit provocative in nature. It's likely that Alderson doesn't mean [...]
This off-season hasn't gone quite as most Mets fans had hoped, obviously. Many had hoped for an outfielder like Yoenis Cespedes or Jason Heyward, though they knew in their hearts that wouldn't happen. They assumed someone like Denard Span was in the cards. It was an internal compromise of sorts, aiming high yet expecting a [...]
#3 Gavin Cecchini, SS Biography: Born December 22, 1993 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Cecchini was drafted out of Alfred M. Barbe High School by the Mets in the first round (12th overall) of the 2012 draft. It was the second draft of the Sandy Alderson era and, just as they did in 2011, the team [...]
#6 Wuilmer Becerra, OF Biography: Born October 1, 1994 in Caracas, Venezuela, Becerra signed with the Blue Jays during the 2011 international amateur signing period as 16-year-old SS/OF. As one of the top prospects in that year's international amateur class, he signed for the hefty sum of $1.3 million and started his career in [...]
#9 Milton Ramos, SS/2B Biography: Ramos was born in Hialeah, Florida on October 26th, 1995 and attended both Florida Christian High and American Heritage High School, among other high schools. His was a well-known name on the prep circuit heading into the 2014 draft with a reputation for stellar defense and outstanding speed. The [...]
This is the seventh entry in our prospect series, where we’re counting down the top 50 prospects for the Mets. Four people were involved in this project and what you see is a group consensus, not the results of one person. You can view 50-47, 46-43, 42-39, 38-35, 34-31, and 30-27 if you have not [...]
This is the third entry in our prospect series, where we’re counting down the top 50 prospects for the Mets. Four people were involved in this project and what you see is a group consensus, not the results of one person. You can view 46-43 if you have not already seen it. Here are the [...]
Last week I wrote that the Mets should open the coffers and sign Jason Heyward. The reasons are outlined in that article, but what was left unstated was that it should not be the only significant signing the Mets should make. Significant in this case doesn't mean tons of money but simply players that would [...]
Jason Heyward is going to get paid this off-season, and he's going to get paid a lot. Part of that has to do with how Major League Baseball free agency works, what with insane contracts that get crazier and crazier each year. Most of it, though, is because of just how great a player he's [...]
You've undoubtedly read many, many articles today about the Mets and the Royals in Game 3 of the World Series. It was a great win for the Mets in a series where both teams appear to have strong futures, what with the Mets' stable of young aces and the Royals'....relentlessness and foul language? It's with [...]
One of the main (baseball-related) story lines for the Mets National League Championship Series (NLCS) against the Cubs was high-end pitch velocity. Specifically, the Cubs as a team hit poorly (.228 BA according to Baseball Savant) as a team against pitches 95mph and above. The Mets, as a team, threw 2,510 pitches at 95mph or [...]
Lucas Duda is certainly not the only Mets player that has struggled at the plate so far this postseason. Travis d'Arnaud has an OPS under .500 and David Wright has a batting average and slugging percentage of .063, for example. Both of these players contributed, however, to the Mets' Division Series victory against the Dodgers [...]