Hello, Mets360 readers! It’s the holiday season, and the cynicism seared into our psyches as Mets fans should be shooed away and replaced with a little bit of that baseball-related hope usually reserved for Spring Training. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, if you hadn’t heard, and in Metsland there’s little more that fans could [...]
Pete Alonso’s 2019 rookie campaign was literally one for the record books. He set a new rookie home run record (and demolished the Mets’ single season record) with 53 bombs as he mashed his way to Rookie of the Year honors. Pretty impressive for a player most believed wouldn’t crack the opening day roster due [...]
It’s going to be an interesting offseason (...again) for the New York Mets. A new front office, a (mostly) new coaching staff, and decisions on whether to cut bait or retain underperforming players are just some of the decisions on the docket this fall and winter. It’s anyone’s guess how it’ll all play out. A [...]
Back when I had the time to follow the Mets minor league system much more closely than I’m able to today, I fell into the trap of “falling in love” with several of the Mets’ prospects more often than I care to admit. They tend to break your heart, as the saying goes, and over [...]
If you’re still willingly reading about the Mets and watching the games given how the season has unfolded, I commend you. Your fandom knows no bounds, but you may want to step back and think about the decision-making process that compels you to tune in to this horror show. Of course, you might want to [...]
The New York Mets, at 51-43, continue to sit atop the division seemingly against all odds when considering the number of injuries they’ve endured. Despite being near the top of the league in number of players and total days spent on the injured list (not to mention total salary), the team has managed to stave [...]
Major League Baseball’s first week of its version of “stop and frisk,” wherein umpires check pitchers for illegal foreign substances, has been unsurprisingly eventful. The Mets’ Jacob deGrom, who recently became the victim of unfounded conjecture regarding sticky substances, was the first to experience the inspection during the first game of the Mets’ doubleheader on [...]
With the addition of Pete Alonso and Tommy Hunter to the injured list, the Mets’ walking wounded count is now up to seventeen (!) players. Not only are seven of the team’s nine opening day starters currently out with various ailments, the backups and backups to the backups are dropping like flies as well. Cameron [...]
The 2021 Mets were, by many accounts (ahem), predicted to field a potent offense in addition to a potentially elite pitching staff and solid overall depth. The rotation has thus far been as advertised, leading the league in xFIP and second only to the Dodgers in fWAR. The bullpen has some work to do, to [...]
The sunk cost fallacy is something sports fans are intimately familiar with, even if they don’t realize it. Very generally speaking, the concept is described as continuing an endeavor simply because you’ve already invested a significant amount of time, money, and/or resources on it despite it not being in your best interests. In sports, this [...]
It’s been quite the eventful offseason for the Mets both in terms of the players they actually acquired and the numerous others they’ve reportedly been “in on.” Some of the non-moves, like losing out on George Springer to the Blue Jays and the seemingly 11th-hour change of heart (to put it kindly) from Trevor Bauer, [...]
The Mets, rumored to be one of a handful of teams seriously in the mix for him, lost the George Springer sweepstakes when the slugging center fielder struck a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays earlier this week. Reports suggest that the team was unwilling to meet the total sum of the six-year, $150 million [...]