A few weeks ago, I claimed that Ruben Tejada's time with New York was done. His rather putrid offensive and defensive numbers had been improving only slightly by that article's publishing and there was no realistic indication that those improvements were going to stay. He had rebounded to have a few nice games, but for [...]
By all offensive measures, Travis d’Arnaud is failing to get it done. Never mind that he was a highly touted prospect for his hitting ability, let’s just look at him through the eyes of league averages as presented by Baseball-Reference. d’ArnaudLeague Average BA: .193lgBA: .248 OBP: .281lgOBP: .313 SLG: .298lgSLG: .392 OPS: .579lgOPS: .704 Of [...]
It may not feel like it at times, but Sandy Alderson is hearing the Mets fans pleas and cries, and making an effort to correct what isn’t working. The firing of hitting coach Dave Hudgens after Monday night’s loss to the Pirates is a signal that failure will not be tolerated, even at the highest [...]
Over the past several months, it has been rumored that Ruben Tejada’s time with the Mets was limited, either by impending demotion or release. From his lackluster play for the entire 2013 season, to calls for his ouster this winter, to Wilmer Flores’ recent promotion, it seems like Tejada has had one foot out the [...]
In Monday night’s game against the Yankees, Jenrry Mejia came in and got four big outs. It was originally thought that since Mejia had pitched only three days prior, that he would only be expected to come in and get Alfonso Soriano out, which he did in splendid fashion on only three pitches. However, Mejia [...]
Daniel Murphy is the only Mets player with at least 75 at-bats who is hitting over .300. Juan Lagares has missed a good portion of the early season, so his numbers are still a little skewed based on small sample size. Murphy is leading the team with eight doubles, he’s second with 19 runs scored, [...]
The Mets' bullpen seems to be in a constant state of flux so far in 2014. The heralded closer Bobby Parnell was supposed to be fully recovered from neck surgery, only to blow out his elbow in his first appearance of the year and be sidelined with Tommy John surgery. Jose Valverde stepped up, and [...]
Anthony Recker is a big man with a ton of natural power. When he crushes a home run over the left field wall, it can be easy to think a guy like that needs more playing time. Add in that he’s improved himself into a very well-rounded defensive backstop while Travis d’Arnaud has struggled both [...]
Eric Young, Jr. has been auditioning for a starting outfielder position since the 2014 season began. He was given this opportunity for two reasons; Terry Collins likes to have speed at the top of the order, and Chris Young was hurt. Young just started a rehab assignment in Las Vegas, where he promptly hit two [...]
Over the past few years Mets fans have become accustomed to seeing perfectly good pitches not being swung at. It’s infuriating - but is it a real problem, or just impatient fans wanting more offensive production? Let’s take a look at Baseball-Reference’s advanced batting stats to get a better perspective. In this short season the [...]
Dillon Gee doesn’t have an innings limit. Zack Wheeler and Jenrry Mejia do. Both Wheeler and Mejia have a tremendous amount of upside in regards to stuff and age, but being an ace means being on the field, and neither will realistically pitch 30 starts or more. Wheeler could supplant the role of ace later [...]
Not everyone is a Starlin Castro fan. He’s a polarizing player who’s had some character issues in the past, but he is also a four-year veteran on a team that is going very young, very quickly. The quick-batted sensation Javier Baez will be up with the Chicago Cubs soon enough. While Baez has been playing [...]