“Well? How did I get here?” – David Byrne, Talking Heads, “Once In A Lifetime” Right now, the Mets find themselves in a strange place. Their division, the National League East, entered the 2014 season with one team that was clearly head-and-shoulders above the rest. It had another team that had been a Wild Card [...]
With the MLB Winter Meetings to start next Monday all the teams are checking the price tags of free agents and gauging interest on what is available in trade. Sandy Alderson has a few goals for the winter meetings that have been made apparent. He is looking to trade one of Dillon Gee, Jon Niese, [...]
Here's some things to get you caught up on any Mets news you may have missed this holiday weekend: Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes that the Mets' depth in pitching is not something that is likely to be leveraged as part of a blockbuster trade. Sherman argues that with the amount of [...]
With a surplus of pitching, and a need for a better shortstop, the Mets continue to be linked to teams searching for pitching. The problem is that teams are willing to trade, but only for Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard or Zack Wheeler, players the Mets are unlikely to deal this offseason. Instead, it [...]
This is the time of year where optimistic fans believe every question mark is going to be answered positively while analysts think the vast majority will be answered in a negative way. And let’s be honest, the 2015 Mets have no shortages of question marks. There’s not a player on the team without baggage of [...]
Late Friday, news broke that the Oakland Athletics had agreed to a trade sending star third baseman Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for Brett Lawrie and three prospects. Many were baffled by the trade, but it's impossible to see how. For years the Oakland Athletics have been cash-strapped for the past 20 years, [...]
The next probable and tangible moves made by GM Sandy Alderson and the front office will be decisions on Ruben Tejada and Eric Young Jr. The Mets have until Tuesday night at 11:59 pm to tender contracts to the two arbitration eligible players before they retroactively become unrestricted free agents. After Alderson inevitably decides on [...]
The New York Mets are an enigma. At times they make us cheer, at other times they make us cry, and even other times they makes us throw something at the tv or explain to the police that you're sorry for the noise but the Mets are on and you'll try to keep it down. [...]
This third matchup of the “Best Single Season by a Met” bracket will feature two of the greatest Mets position players in their 52-year history: David Wright and Darryl Strawberry. Last week, the matchup featured Dwight Gooden’s 1985 season and Jesse Orosco’s 1998 season, Gooden won by a substantial amount. Now, with Wright’s 2007 season [...]
It seems like the Mets are one of everybody’s talking points lately. Juan Lagares won the Gold Glove in center field. Jacob deGrom won the Rookie Of The Year Award, the same day the signing of Michael Cuddyer – the opening shot of this year’s free agent skirmishes – was announced. There hasn’t been much [...]
With the Mets pursuit of a shortstop for the 2015 season still simmering, former Mets General Manager Steve Phillips penned an ESPN insider article opining that the Mets need to go out and make a trade for a superstar player to take the leap to being legitimate contenders. That opinion is right in line with [...]
The free agent market is not too great this season, although the Mets have signed Michael Cuddyer. The team has been vocal about possibly acquiring a shortstop, but there are other areas the team could improve upon. For example, Josh Edgin is the best left-handed option for the Mets, and the Mets have not had [...]