When speaking about the future of the Mets pitching rotation, a lot of names get thrown around. Dillon Gee's name usually gets mentioned as a possible fourth or fifth starter, or perhaps even trade bait to help get a left fielder or shortstop. Gee has had an up-and-down year in 2014, partially to blame by [...]
Labor Day's game was pretty brutal. The Mets team had a tremendous six-error game against the hated Miami Marlins, in which young second baseman Dilson Herrera committed two of those blunders. He also had a spectacular day at the plate, however, hitting his first career home run, and first career triple, on his way to [...]
Matt den Dekker is not known as a power hitting outfielder. The 17 home runs he hit between Double-A and Triple-A in 2012 are the most he's ever had in one season. But Las Vegas is a home run haven, so there is so trepidation with relying on those numbers. Yet for some reason, den [...]
Curtis Granderson, who we affectionately refer to as Granny on the Mets360 Game Chatters, first appeared in the leadoff spot for the Mets lineup on June 15th. It wasn't until July 5th that he retained that spot, seemingly for the rest of the season. Since that date, Granderson is batting .197/.276/.299 with three home runs, [...]
First off, kudos to Anthony Recker on a three-run blast that essentially won the game for the Mets on Monday. Now onto why he needs to go. It is a generally accepted idea that managers don't expect great things from their backup catchers. What they need is someone who can handle the defense and who [...]
Every so often a team is on the verge of competing, but needs a big bat to push them over the edge. In 2014, the Mets are that team, but when the trading deadline came and went at the end of July, no moves were made. That's because the Mets already have that big bat [...]
I can't believe I'm saying this, but there is a good possibility that Ruben Tejada will be the Mets shortstop in 2015. There is a huge caveat with that statement, and that is the assumption that Wilmer Flores fails to take the position via his superior offensive capabilities, or Matt Reynolds down in Triple-A does [...]
“I think the last 10 games were important because they make the next 10 games relevant to what happens at the trade deadline. We’ll see what happens over the next 10 days or so. But certainly the last 10 games have to make us a little more optimistic.” That's what Sandy Alderson said to the [...]
Let's be clear, this is not meant as a permanent move to the bullpen, but rather one simply for the remainder of 2014. Matt Harvey, the Mets ace who underwent Tommy John surgery on October 22, 2013 is trying desperately to pitch this year. He recently began throwing off of a mound, which puts his [...]
For those of you who don't care about theater, there is a hit show both on Broadway and on tour entitled "Buyer & Cellar." In this play a young actor named Alex More gets propositioned into running a shopping center of old Hollywood and Broadway collectibles. The only hitch is that this shopping center is [...]
Monday night's performance was fairly typical for Zach Wheeler this year. He pitched a fairly short outing of 6.1 innings because of high pitch counts, accounting for 113 pitches thrown, five walks, four strikeouts, and one earned run. On a better team, that could have easily led to a win, but Wheeler plays for the [...]
At the beginning of the season I would have thought this statement was madness. Even up until the end of April, I would have said you were probably wrong, but maybe not as wrong as previously thought. But the numbers don't lie, and when Eric Young, Jr. is in the lineup, the Mets score and [...]