Is there a single linchpin to the Mets 2015 season? A number of writers seem to think there's a lot riding on Wilmer Flores panning out as our shortstop. Others point to a healthy return by David Wright or Matt Harvey. A bounce back season from Curtis Granderson has also been identified as a linchpin. [...]
Yesterday was one of those days you love hearing about if you’re a baseball fan. Yesterday was Truck Day. There were publicity shots galore of Mr. and Ms. Met loading up the semis for the annual trek to Port St. Lucie. The equipment cases were loaded, the engines revved and the big wheels started a-rollin’ [...]
The tenure of Bud Selig at the helm of Major League Baseball came to an end on January 25. He leaves behind him a sorted legacy. He's credited for adding the Wild Card and spicing up the All Star Game. He's also blamed for dropping the ball on multiple issues as well. This is where [...]
Every season, fans can look back and think of a plethora of words/phrases to describe a season. In recent years, it could be inferred that the best word to describe the Mets has been “disappointing” or even “failure,” but looking ahead to 2015, that word will be “exciting.” Why? The Mets have some new/returning stars [...]
The now $4.2 million-richer Lucas Duda had a coming out party in 2014, belting 30 home runs, driving in 92 runs with an OPS of .830, an ISO of .228 and a WRC+ of 136. He excelled in both standard and advanced metrics and most importantly, created an affordable, viable cleanup hitter for the Mets [...]
Ever since the Mets team that won the 1986 World Series and made it to the NLCS in 1988, the Yankees were thought to have owned New York. The last time the Yankees finished below .500 was all the back in 1992, which was also the last year that the Pirates had a winning record [...]
Last offseason Lucas Duda, Wilmer Flores, and Juan Lagares were asked by the Mets to travel to Michigan to train with Mike Barwis, who has been a strength and conditioning consultant with the Mets since 2011. This offseason Barwis opened up a new gym on the grounds of the Mets spring training complex in Port [...]
When Spring Training begins, it means that we are on the raceway to Opening Day. This is the ABC’s guide for the upcoming Mets season with some questions to keep in mind as we approach the start of the season: A is for Alderson- will General Manager Sandy Alderson be able to trade the surplus [...]
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. So, keeping in mind these words of Henry David Thoreau, what’s the appropriate thing on which the GM of the Mets should focus his aim? Surely, we need to aim higher than the oft-mentioned “meaningful games [...]
The Mets front office conducted another of their Q&A sessions with season ticket holders at Citi Field earlier this week. It was there that General Manager Sandy Alderson spoke on a topic of perpetual interest this winter: the Mets lack of involvement on recently minted free-agent Cuban shortstop Yoan Moncada. His explanation was more confirmation [...]
With less than two weeks away from Spring Training it’s time to project your Best 2015 Mets “Friday Night” Lineup. This is the lineup that will score the most runs, have the most success, and be the “rock solid, Friday night against the Nationals, Max Scherzer is pitching, and we need to kick ass and [...]
"We have quality players at every position," Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson boasted to the media last week. "One of the reasons we've been fairly quiet is we've got players with the potential to improve us by 10 games, which is what we need. So we're comfortable going into spring training and excited actually to [...]