**This was originally written before the trade deadline passed. It’s been slightly tweaked since, but much of it remains intact. After all, how else am I supposed to transition into a gaffe like Jeopardy made. Enjoy.** It’s over. The craziest time of year that’s not related to religion, food or a certain other sporting event [...]
The weekend is over but the road trip continues. Just in case you missed it, forgivable with almost a week off for the All-Star break, the second half of the season kicked off with a wasted opportunity in St. Louis. The Mets dropped the first two games of a three-game set against the Major League-best [...]
Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanza are still waiting for us months from now in frigid December, but baseball fans may find new gifts in sweltering July as the trade deadline draws nigh. Technically known as Major League Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline, July 31 at 4 p.m. marks the cutoff for all 32 teams to report wheeling [...]
Old fish, skunks and wet dog. These putrid stenches somehow reek less than the 2015 Mets offense. There’s just no other way a baseball team with that type of pitching is hovering around .500. Comparing the Mets to 29 other Major League teams, their 276 runs scored is only better than three other teams. Stellar [...]
Bear with me for a moment, but let’s imagine the Mets are not in a deep freefall with no end in sight. Let’s assume they didn’t cough up an 11-0 streak and could hit their way out of a paper bag. Pretend the New York Mets are legitimate playoff contenders this season. Better isn’t it? [...]
Hey, David Wright. Yeah, I’m talking to you. This was supposed to be the year the Mets finally emerged from the cellar and made some noise. This was supposed to be the year New York kept playing baseball after game no. 162. “I fully expect us to be in the playoffs,” Wright told the New [...]
The company line coming from Flushing is that Dillon Gee’s job is not in jeopardy. Don’t believe that. Gee, who turned 29 on Tuesday, is absolutely pitching for his job, whether it’s to protect his current role with the Mets or build a strong case for the Texas Rangers or somebody else to stick him [...]
*Author’s note: This was originally written and is accurate as of Thursday afternoon. The plan was to run this story before the Mets bested the Marlins 7-5 that evening. That game exemplified almost everything written in this story, which did not run in time. New York came back twice in the game, even after yielding [...]
The Mets budget has been inflated within the past 72 hours, but it's still more akin to a week-old helium balloon than Harold the Baseball Player. Yes, Fred Wilpon was sighted blowing the dust off of his checkbook and cracking it open for the first time since signing John Mayberry, Jr. back in December. He [...]
New York and national media is up in arms over annexation of Matt Harvey’s rightful duty to start Opening Day. Instead of yielding to the Dark Knight, GM Sandy Alderson and Manager Terry Collins have the unmitigated audacity to announce they will pit Bartolo Colon against Nationals ace Max Scherzer at Nationals Park April 6. [...]
Unless there’s some sneaky underlying scheming occurring, Sandy Alderson just put the Mets in hot water about Daniel Murphy. Word broke Thursday morning that Murphy has yet to speak with Alderson and co. about extending his contract. The beloved second baseman will pull in $8 million this season as a 30-year-old with six prior seasons [...]
Sandy Koufax once called pitching the art of instilling fear. It’s reputed to win championships. And in New York, it’s one of the few strengths entering 2015. Both the starting rotation and the bullpen have a number of powerful options and plenty of depth to keep the Mets among the best in baseball. But when [...]