In 2012, the primary catcher for the Mets was Josh Thole, who posted a .584 OPS that year, showing what his career track attests, that he’s nothing more than a back-up. In 2013, primary catching responsibility was taken over by John Buck who also confirmed his career status by swatting 15 homeruns, supported by a [...]
The All-Star break is upon us and the Mets finished the first half of the season strong with a sweep of the Miami Marlins to complete an eight and two home stand. The team is squarely in third place in the NL East, sitting seven games behind a first place tie between the Washington Nationals [...]
Last winter, Mets fans were dying for a free agent transaction. On February 1st, 2013, Sandy Alderson gave us one by signing Marlon Byrd to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training. The signing resulted in the unleashing of a collective groan among Mets fans. Byrd’s career had been assumed to be [...]
Recently on the radio and in the local papers, the Chicago Cubs Starlin Castro has come up as a player the Mets should pursue. This is a direct result of the Oakland A’s acquiring pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Cubs for a package of prospects headlined by short stop Addison Russell. The [...]
Daniel Murphy has become a hot topic of discussion recently. Murphy is having one of the best offensive seasons of his career. He is part of the heart and soul of the Mets. He also makes bonehead mistakes when he doesn’t get the chance to think about his actions before he does them. Basically, Murphy [...]
The trade deadline is moving slowly towards the Mets and it’s safe to say that some things can be claimed as definitive: The pitching staff is fine. Bartolo Colon has provided a nice veteran complement to the young pitching that is making its way either through the system or around the pitfalls and land mines [...]
The Mets first round draft pick from the 2014 draft, Michael Conforto, reportedly has agreed to terms and will sign with the team, but has yet to sign the necessary paperwork. Conforto is exactly what the Mets need, a left handed hitting, corner outfielder with power who fits into their methodology at the plate. His [...]
Over this past weekend, Chris Young was booed by his hometown fans. That needs to stop. Let’s get something out of the way. Young has been terrible this year, but what did we all expect? Young has been in decline the last four seasons, so was there any real reason to expect that this year [...]
As of Friday morning, June 13th, the Mets are 29 and 37. The trade deadline is approaching and the Mets have two paths they can take. Over the past several years, they’ve chosen the path, at the deadline or in the offseason, of trading away veterans for prospects (with the exception of spending free agent [...]
On November 15th, 2012, The New York Mets signed Carlos Torres to a minor league free agent contract with an invite to spring training. The signing was met with no response. Fans didn’t comment when it was brought up on blogs and the internet itself was extremely quiet on the signing. Torres was simply described [...]
Over the past three days, the Lucas Duda, Ike Davis debate received some gasoline on its cooling embers. Davis returned to town with the Pirates and Duda had been in a slump. People throughout the internet and radio universe were discussing the validity of the trade and whether the Mets made the right choice. All [...]
During this past offseason, Robinson Cano was the big free agent name on the market. Cano, for several years now, has been known as Major League Baseball’s premier second baseman and has played at nearly MVP levels for the majority of that time period, which resulted in the Seattle Mariners signing Cano to a 10-year, [...]