When trying to compete in games and contend for division crowns, a good, quality manager is just as important as the players he manages. With talks of a pending extension for Terry Collins, let's take a look at what I believe makes a good manager and if Terry Collins lives up to those stands. Now, [...]
It seems that with all the talks about trades and re-tooling for 2014, Daniel Murphy is viewed as the low man on the totem pole. Every winter, Murphy’s name seems to be thrown around in every trade rumor the Mets are involved in. And this year is no different. With the call-up of Wilmer Flores, [...]
That may be a bit of any overstatement, but Mets fans will disagree. Matt Harvey will meet with Dr. James Andrews on Monday, in order to determine if his elbow will require Tommy John surgery. If the surgery is needed, Harvey would miss the entire 2014 season. Harvey missing an entire season, when everything seemed [...]
It seems a bit far-fetched to view Elvis Andrus as a trade target, but he fills a pressing need at shortstop and is a young under-control player for the future. Sandy Alderson went on WFAN and talked to Mike Francesa yesterday and mentioned that it was like “pulling teeth” to get Ruben Tejada to do [...]
By now, we all know the terrible news about Matt Harvey’s partially torn UCL, which might require surgery. If Harvey would need to undergo Tommy John surgery, he would miss mot (if not all) of the 2014 campaign. The news was heartbreaking to all of us. It was the first time in a while that [...]
David Wright has said that without a doubt he will be back on the field in September for the New York Mets. For the sake of the Mets and the 2014 season, he should let his injured hamstring have extra time to heal for the touted 2014 New York Mets. I know that David Wright [...]
It’s a concept that has taken me some time to adopt, but it’s one that makes a lot of sense. This Mets front office has set up this philosophy that the star power doesn’t matter; it’s the “Mets” on the front that matters. As a New York fan, it’s easy to want to bring in [...]
Sandy Alderson was brought into the general manager position with the intentions of turning around the New York Mets and bringing them back to the playoffs. Everyone knew that this was not an overnight process and time needed to be giving so that the plan could be implemented. But now just months away from what [...]
Being a Mets fan and journalism student, many of my friends come to me with their trade ideas and ask me if they will work. Some of them are just flat out ridiculous and others actually make sense. Last week, I talked about what the Mets needed to do at the winter meetings in order [...]
All the talk is that the Mets are turning a corner as a franchise, with hopes that 2014 will be the year they contend once again for an October berth. This year we have seen glimpses of this with the arrival of Zack Wheeler, the emergence of Juan Lagares/Dillon Gee/Jeremy Hefner and the great season [...]
The Mets stand 41-50 at the All-Star Break, finishing 17-13 in their last 30 games. This has pulled them 11 back in the division and only eight losses out of the second Wild Card spot. With the way they have been playing, is it outrageous to dream of a second half run? Well, yes and [...]
After a 16-inning affair Monday night, the Mets finally saw themselves on the winning end of a marathon. It was the fourth time this season that a Mets game has gone into at least the 15th inning, the most in the majors. For a team with so little to cheer for (outside of Harvey and [...]