Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack joined the New York Mets starting rotation in 1972. He stood 6' 3" and threw left-handed. Overshadowed by other new additions to the team (like Willie Mays and Rusty Staub), Matlack’s contributions to the team were still substantial. That year, he started 32 games and threw 4 shutouts. Matlack would go 15-10, [...]
The Mets have made an in-season move and acquired Eric Young, Jr. I know, Mets360.com already has run an article about it but its so nice to see the Mets make a deal, I had to write another one. In what must be considered a significant move for the Mets, they have acquired Young from [...]
Where does Terry Collins rank in comparison to other managers of the New York Mets? When Collins reign is over, what will his legacy be? There have been twenty managers of the Mets. Davey Johnson managed more games (at 1,012) than anyone, followed closely by Bobby Valentine (at 1,003). Collins has managed 383 games (when [...]
George Stone was a great Met. He didn’t last that long with the team but he was an integral part of the 1973 championship team’s starting rotation. Bob Scheffing acquired George Stone as part of the November 1972 transaction with the Atlanta Braves. The Mets dealt Gary Gentry and Danny Frisella to the Braves in [...]
We’ve got about two months to the trading deadline. Will the Mets be a factor? Will they make a deal? MLB Rumors just published their 2014 Free Agent Top Ten Rankings. Is there anyone on this list that might be available at the end of July? If so, could any of them conceivably interest Sandy [...]
About a month ago (on April 20th), we looked at the way the draft might play out for the Mets who hold the 11th pick in the draft. Since then, we’ve had some draft order movement. Based on mlb.com, we’re seeing the top of the order now looking like: 1) Mark Appel (was #1) 2) [...]
There is a lot of press right now regarding the lame duck status of Terry Collins. He was not given an extension last off-season. This week, he has been quoted as saying that he “doesn’t answer to fans”. Unless things continue to de-evolve, the popular vote would still be that Collins keeps his job for [...]
The starter is getting tired. The call goes out to the bullpen. Within ten minutes, the crowd sees the reliever making his way to the mound on foot. But in the old days, relievers rode to the mound in the Bullpen Cart. Who remembers that? The cart’s top was a big Mets Cap. The sides [...]
Speculate all want about trying to acquire Giancarlo Stanton, if you look at this guy, we’ve already got a piece of the future in place. He throws in the mid-90 s and has a great slider. This year, in April thus far, he has been routinely dominant. He’s won 4 games and lost none. He’s [...]
The 2013 Amateur Draft is less then two months away. The top ten picks go to: Houston Chicago (NL) Colorado Minnesota Cleveland Miami Boston Kansas City Pittsburgh Toronto The forecasting trends for these first ten teams begin to vary early in the projections. As of right now, the clear choice for the number one pick [...]
Sometimes players get a second chance to play for a team. Mostly this is a good thing. Mostly. Here is (what I believe to be a complete year-to-date) listing of players who have played on the major league squad of the New York Mets, then left the organization, only to return to play again for [...]
Early in the 2003 baseball season, the starting shortstop for the last place Mets, Rey Sanchez, disappeared during a 13-4 drubbing against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium and emerged with a nice stylish haircut. The Mets organization was publicly scrutinized. The public’s frustrations with the performance of the club culminated in demands for [...]