As the 2013 season winds down, I took a look at MLB.com’s top 20prospects for the New York Mets. On today’s list, we had eleven pitchers in that top twenty organizational list: Pitching Prospects: 1. Noah Syndergaard (was 3rd at beginning of season) 3. Rafael Montero (was 8th) 11. Jeurys Familia (was 5th) 12. Cory [...]
The New York Mets released their end-of-season survey earlier this week. One of the questions was how strongly I agree (or disagree) with the statement, “I root for the Mets even when they are losing”. Amongst all the other questions about the team, Citi Field, management, etc, that question lingered with me. Why would the [...]
Ok so we made a deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates recently acquiring Vic Black and Dilson Herrera in exchange for Marlon Byrd and John Buck. We seem to have made out well and pretty much everyone seems happy with this deal. ...and it is sort of nice to see the Pirates doing well after having [...]
Ok, so the loss of Matt Harvey goes pretty deep. The last time I had a reaction like that was back on July 30, 2004, when the Mets dealt Scott Kazmir to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato. I have to say, though, that the team’s reactions and the articles [...]
A few years ago, I financed my oldest daughter’s first year of college by selling a large chunk of my New York Mets collection. This included all my 62-75 Mets Topps cards, yearbooks, and autographed baseballs. I can remember driving home after the deal, that I had “over-sold”. Prior to deal, I had felt that [...]
Newsflash! The Mets have called up their top hitting prospect and the prized return on their R.A.Dickey trade this past off-season, Travis d’Arnaud. We may be playing without David Wright and Bobby Parnell but we’ve just promoted a most significant piece of our future. The promotion, of course, was triggered by John Buck’s paternity leave [...]
Felix Millan was a great Met. Millan came to the Mets as part of the exchange with the Atlanta Braves before the 1973 season. The deal sent pitchers Gary Gentry and Danny Frisella to the Braves in exchange for Millan and pitcher George Stone. Generally considered one of the best deals ever made by the [...]
My son, Alex, and I were at last night’s game. The Mets opened and closed the game with pairs of deuces (Two two-run homers). We’ve got some high-points (sizzlers) and low-points (fizzlers) to report: Sizzler: David Wright’s two-run home run in the first-inning was a nice shot. We were sitting about 20 feet from where [...]
Yes, it seems as though “Happy Days are Here Again” for us New York Mets fans. Because the sun has again begun peeking through our dark clouds of misery, its time to relax a bit and take a look back, with nostalgic fondness, at some of our most unhappiest players. Without further ado: 1. Vince [...]
Why do Met fans shake their fists and groan when Tom Glavine’s name is mentioned? What did he do to deserve an eternal banishment to the club’s dog-house? What happened to turn this 300-game winner into a target of scorn? THE FACTS: Tom Glavine signed a 4-year $42.5 million dollar deal with the New York [...]
Last week we looked at the Mets Hall of Fame and reviewed a few of the position players who are noticeably conspicuous by their absence. What about pitching? Currently there are only 5 Mets pitchers in the organization’s Hall of Fame: Tom Seaver Jerry Koosman Tug McGraw Dwight Gooden John Franco Last week’s list contained [...]
The New York Mets have their own Hall of Fame. There are currently 26 members. There has only been one inductee since 2010 and only five since 2002. Why doesn’t Met management take their own Hall of Fame seriously? Here are the members (and what their primary association with the teams is): 1981 - Joan [...]