The Winter Meetings this past week in San Diego stimulated a whirlwind of roster activity across MLB, but for the Mets…not so much. Besides yesterday’s signing of veteran outfielder John Mayberry, nothing transpired from the discussions engaged by GM Sandy Alderson. He hinted at exploring all possibilities of roster improvement, including the shortstop position and [...]
With the Hot Stove season well on its way, the Mets front office prepares for a trip to San Diego for the 2014 Winter Meetings. Today, Arizona, Detroit, and the Yankees agreed on a three way deal involving Shane Greene, Robbie Ray, and Didi Gregorius, the latter going to the Bronx to man a position [...]
The next probable and tangible moves made by GM Sandy Alderson and the front office will be decisions on Ruben Tejada and Eric Young Jr. The Mets have until Tuesday night at 11:59 pm to tender contracts to the two arbitration eligible players before they retroactively become unrestricted free agents. After Alderson inevitably decides on [...]
While the Mets were quick out of the gate this offseason by signing Michael Cuddyer, there shouldn’t be too many high profile free agents being acquired any time soon. A trade for a shortstop will continue to be the hot bed of discussion around the Mets and GM Sandy Alderson, but any ensuing action will [...]
The “Hot Stove” season is off and running and all teams looking to upgrade their rosters have begun to put out feelers gauging interest. Several media reports will emerge daily from here on in, reflecting genuine or flimsy interest teams may or may not have on certain players. While speculation will no doubt be the [...]
Mets fans are already anticipating the return of Matt Harvey on Opening Day 2015. The rising star pitcher is through his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery and set to lead the pitching rotation into the next great era of Mets baseball next year. Unfortunately, someone will have to relinquish their slot on the starting staff [...]
The Mets offseason should be an interesting one. There still is plenty of assessment needed to be made this offseason regarding the current roster with many variables to consider. Sandy Alderson’s continuous evaluation process of the shortstop position will need to be fine-tuned into a definitive answer eventually. There will be many decisions to make [...]
If you were unfortunate enough to open up the pages of the Daily News this morning, you were subsequently subjected to one of the more ridiculous narratives to come out of the publication in years. That’s saying something considering in the last calendar year their sports writers have called for Rex Ryan’s job for visiting [...]
With hopes of any postseason chances dwindling as the season rolls down, Mets fans justifiably start to think of improvements for next season. While it’s unlikely the Mets will do anything before the non-waiver deadline this season, there is a very good chance a trade will be made to upgrade the roster in the offseason. [...]
After a disappointing stretch by the Mets in which they’ve lost five out of seven games to the contending Giants and Nationals, the fan base is ready to put a fork in the season and call it “a wrap.” Though still mathematically alive with 47 games to play, the Mets chances of making a legitimate run has waned, and there’s [...]
It’s difficult to decipher much of the intel coming from the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas. The hitters are mashing and the pitchers are… well, crashing in the run-happy Pacific Coast League. Of course, the most watchful eyes are focused on the Mets’ number one prospect Noah Syndergaard, who is having a less than stellar [...]
The Mets kickoff their final series before the All-Star break with a three game set against Miami. This current home stand has been encouraging in all aspects specifically this past series when the team took three of four from the rival Atlanta Braves. The lineup has picked up its run production too with the help [...]