For the past few years I’ve offered to follow up the GM Project by publishing a “Report Card” on the armchair GMs who took part. Each year I have someone else grade my team and I would like to thank Joh Fox for doing that this year. I have gone through and done a review [...]
11/6 - Indians, Dodgers 11/5 - Blue Jays 11/4 - Giants, Phillies 11/3 - Tigers, White Sox, Padres, Brewers 11/2 - Yankees 11/1 - Mets 10/31 - Twins, Reds, Red Sox 10/30 - Rockies, Astros, Orioles, Marlins, Athletics
A scrappy shortstop in college and minors, His energy was evident to all scouts and signers. What he lacked with the bat he made up for with grit, He stole bases, and dazzled with a mitt. A big league player he was not meant to be, But coach was another role he could see. He [...]
We know that the Mets try to maximize the number of PA that Jerry Blevins gets against lefty batters. In Wednesday's game, the Mets brought Hansel Robles in with the bases loaded. He gave up a HR and a BB before getting the third out of the inning. He came out to start the following [...]
There are two recent podcasts that we've done that I wanted to share the links. The first one was with my son, Trent, who did our new blog header. We talk about the creative process and other things that he's involved in. Trent. The other podcast was done this past week when David Groveman dropped [...]
ESPN Insider and ZiPS creator Dan Szymborski stopped by the podcast and talked about playing time, starting pitcher health, Familia's possible suspension, Matt Wieters, Jay Bruce, Curtis Granderson and a whole lot more. Click here to listen to the podcast.
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Below is the report card for the GM Project of 2016. Some teams did very very well for themselves and some teams did not. There are strong opinions about players and who won what deal but as the dust settles on this year’s project owners regroup and make new plans for the 2017-18 season. Some [...]
10/31 - 8:30 a.m. Phillies
Our MLB GM simulation is underway, back for a third season. All teams have a budget and we are tackling arbitration, trades and free agency. We have 30 people spread throughout the country who are doing this because they love the game and they hope to learn something along the way. You’ll see a lot [...]
We've now had a little bit of time to digest the wild card loss to the Giants, and the end of another pretty good season in Queens. Any time the Mets make the playoffs—particularly while the Yankees miss out—feels like a fun year once the disappointment of elimination starts to pass. But here I want [...]