Disclaimer, this article was written before Sunday’s game. When discussing pure power, Lucas Duda measures toe to toe with some of the elite hitters in the game. His two home runs so far this season have traveled 369 ft and 436 ft, and his average home run traveled over 403 ft last year, well above [...]
Now that's more like it! The Mets came storming back from an unpleasant visit to the Bronx last night. This time the Mets offense was on display, as they hit three home runs and tallied a dozen hits. Kevin Plawecki had a nice offensive game by driving in the first three runs of his career, [...]
The Mets couldn't make it a franchise-best 12-game winning streak on Friday versus the aged Yankees. It wasn't just a bad loss, it was fairly embarrassing. The Mets had not just winning momentum on their side, but city momentum as well. The Yankees, while still a fragile team, have been producing the third-best run total [...]
Going into the spring of 2015, the talk around the New York Mets was rarely about Bartolo Colon, unless a remark was made on the need to ship him out. Colon had been poor trade bait last summer, and it seemed management’s thinking was to hold on for better return later. While Colon’s price tag [...]
If it is the objective of the leadoff batter to get on base and nothing else, Curtis Granderson is doing his job in spades. His OBP is .348, while his AVG and SLG are both .063. Hideous? Yes. Effective? Yes. While this trend certainly cannot continue, it is being driven by a more patience approach, [...]
Oh David, how they doubt you. The chorus of concerns over your health is very touching. It’s out of love that we fans wish you so well in what we hope is a very fine and complete season for you. For we know, nay, we dream of what you might be able to fully contribute [...]
Things couldn't be more different from Curtis Granderson's first Spring Training with the Mets to his performance this year. Over 51 at-bats last spring Granderson hit .157/.241/.353, while this spring he's put up a ridiculous .452/.547/.762 with 12 RBI over his first 42 ABs. Some may preach the gospel of Kevin Long, while others will [...]
Fantasy baseball is a game for the long haul. Unlike fantasy football, where one bad week can ruin your entire season, the chances of one bad week throwing off your year in fantasy baseball are slim. Much like the real-life version, the game is a grind, and knowing the ins and outs of valuable players [...]
It’s been a rocky 48 hours. As most Mets fans discovered over the past few days, two sure-fire opening day pitchers will be having Tommy John surgery, ending their seasons’ before they began. The loss of lefty reliever Josh Edgin was a palpable hit, but not a devastating blow. The Mets were looking to have [...]
David Wright’s overblown reaction to Noah Syndergaard eating his lunch inside rather than being on the bench with his teammates was a big story for the wrong reasons. It was one of those funny little anecdotes that gets tossed around in the fairly calm early days of spring training. Unless there is a major injury [...]
Brandon Nimmo is not a household name. His Twitter account @You_Found_Nimmo doesn’t have millions of followers. And in his first call-up to Double-A, he struggled by hitting .238 with a decent .338 OBP. Nothing special, right? So why is it that passionate Mets fans hate a move to bring in 36-year-old right fielder Michael Cuddyer, [...]
Much is often made of good defense on championship teams. But defense is hard to quantify. Take for example the drastic difference between the 2014 Champion San Francisco Giants who had a team DRS of -5, versus the runner-up Kansas City Royals, who scored a 40, the fourth-best team DRS in baseball. The Cincinnati Reds [...]