Young pitching, developing offense, and a mediocre defense…these are three adjectives to describe what the Mets will look like when entering 2015. This offseason, the Mets picked up Michael Cuddyer, lost Gonzalez Germen & Eric Young Jr., and are getting ready to clear Matt Harvey and Bobby Parnell from Tommy John’s Surgery. Of course, there [...]
New York has a total of eight sports teams, two of which are part of Major League Baseball. The Yankees and the Mets have a rivalry dating back to 1962, when the Mets came into the sport, and has become one of the more entertaining rivalries in baseball. Every year, the Subway Series is held [...]
For the purposes of this article, it is important to point out that the term “active” refers to current free agents, players currently on Major League rosters, and players on the disabled list. On any given day of the Major League Baseball regular season, except for September expansions, there are 750 major leaguers across the [...]
In what has been a busy offseason, many teams have improved themselves for 2015, and almost every team feels that they have a chance to make the playoffs. Some teams have made minor improvements (i.e. the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, and Toronto Blue Jays), and some have made major improvements (i.e. the San Diego [...]
Six weeks ago, the “Which Mets Season Was the Best” bracket began, and John Olerud’s 1998 season came out victorious over Jose Reyes’ 2011 season. The very next week, Dwight Gooden’s 1985 season beat out Jesse Orosco’s 1983 season. Last week, Gooden beat out Tom Seaver’s 1969 season by 21 votes. That being said, it [...]
Last week, John Olerud went up against David Wright in the semifinals of the “Which Mets season was the best” competition, and Olerud was victorious by fewer than 10 votes. Needless to say, it was a close competition, and this week may be even closer. In the first round of the bracket, Tom Seaver’s 1969 [...]
Last week, round one of the “Which Mets season was the best” bracket came to a completion, with Tom Seaver’s 1969 season topping R.A. Dickey’s 2012 season by 30 votes. Now, it is time to begin round two, which will be between John Olerud and David Wright. Both of these players won their respective matchups [...]
Wrapping up the first round of the “Which Mets season was the best” bracket, this matchup will feature the Cy Young seasons of both Tom Seaver, in 1969, and R.A. Dickey in 2012. Last week, there was a surprising blow out between David Wright and Darryl Strawberry, in which Wright beat Strawberry by just north [...]
This third matchup of the “Best Single Season by a Met” bracket will feature two of the greatest Mets position players in their 52-year history: David Wright and Darryl Strawberry. Last week, the matchup featured Dwight Gooden’s 1985 season and Jesse Orosco’s 1998 season, Gooden won by a substantial amount. Now, with Wright’s 2007 season [...]
Last Wednesday, a competition began in which you the fans vote on which Met had the best single season. The competition is arranged in a bracket style format In our first matchup, Jose Reyes’ 2011 season faced John Olerud’s 1998 season. The competition was completed last night, and Olerud beat out Reyes by a whopping [...]
One of the biggest trends in Major League Baseball is how numbers are used to evaluate players. Statistics have been around for a long time in baseball, but they used to be just space holders on the back of baseball cards. Nowadays, statistics seem to run organizations’ front offices, and help determine who is the [...]
After a second place finish in the National League Eastern Division last season, it is time for the Mets to step up their game and make themselves definite contenders going into 2015. However, Mets’ General Manager Sandy Alderson is not too big on signing the top free agents, so this offseason will come down the [...]