As we approach Opening Day-whether you’re an optimist or pessimist-the slate has been wiped clean and from there anything can happen. Am I right? With a Mets’ squad looking in great shape-at least physically-there is a palpable sense of goodwill among the players as the Mets prepare to open another season. Anything can happen in [...]
As Spring Training begins in earnest, several Mets’ players have a lot to prove before the 2012 season commences. The Mets have a laundry list of players with something to gain this spring. So, where do you begin? Let’s first break down the starting lineup. Andres Torres- Can he stay healthy and give the [...]
As we draw closer to the opening of training camp we will, as Mets' fans, collectively dust off our previous frustrations and displeasures with the team's past failures (not to mention current financial woes) and hope springs eternal. It’s a clean slate. You’re once again starting from scratch with all things being equal. It’s an [...]
It looks like the Mets' roster is rounding into shape. The only thing missing, it seems, is a lefty-hitting, flexible outfielder who can be brought in on the cheap. Enter Rick Ankiel. So, what exactly are the Mets waiting for? For a team in search of some spunk and grit, Ankiel could provide the Mets [...]
Carlos Beltran seems ready to move on his from his post-Mets career by writing a new chapter for himself in St. Louis. Doesn’t it seem ironic that Beltran is ready to turn the page with a team that he is so symmetrically intertwined with? As you all are aware, it was Beltran who took a [...]
Depending on how things shake out this year, the Mets might need to turn to Justin Turner a lot more this year than they anticipate. Turner turned in a solid 2011 campaign batting .260 with four home runs and 51 RBI’s in 435 at-bats while chipping in at second base, third base and in a [...]
When the Mets tendered Mike Pelfrey a contract in December, the club went ahead and gave the soon-to-be 28 year old one last chance at glory. This is make-or-break time for Pelfrey. 2012 will be his last year to prove what kind of pitcher he actually is and salvage his reputation as a productive and [...]
While the biggest impact acquisitions in the off-season for the Mets has to be the additions of Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch and Ramon Ramirez to the bullpen, the addition of Andres Torres certainly is of equal importance to the franchise. As you’re probably well aware of, Torres, along with Ramirez, was acquired on December 6 [...]
There may not be a more polarizing New York Met these days than Ruben Tejada. Fans are either bearish or bullish when it comes to the future of the 22-year old shortstop/second baseman from Panama. In other words, there is hardly any consensus when it comes to what to expect from Tejada for 2012 and [...]
It’s been about two weeks since Jose Reyes left for greener pastures by bolting the Mets franchise for the beaches of Miami and of course a lucrative $106 million dollar contract. Some Mets fans are not over his departure. Some may never get over it. The pain of losing a crowd-pleasing home-grown player can’t be [...]
The Mets sure seem to be evolving and becoming a thoroughly different team under the watch of Sandy Alderson. An era of Mets baseball ended, when on late Sunday Jose Reyes decided to take his talents to South Beach and sign a lucrative deal with the Miami Marlins. Then, late Tuesday night the Mets said [...]
As we sit down to feast on Thanksgiving, I thought today would be a great day to celebrate for what we, as Mets fans, should be thankful. Many a Met fan these days are of the despondent and cynical version and it’s hard to blame them as the Mets have continued to disappoint their fan [...]