The Mets are in the market for an outfielder, and there are solutions out there on the trade market, and in free agency. With some big name players in free agency, such as Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, and Michael Cuddyer, it is easy to overlook Norichika Aoki, the player we may need. The 32-year-old outfielder [...]
To the chagrin of many, the Mets re-upped their Player Development Contract with Las Vegas, ensuring that their Triple-A team would remain in the Pacific Coast League city 2,524 miles away. While some fret about the distance between the two, the real reason so many are upset about this arrangement is that Cashman field is [...]
The Mets need offense in the worst way next season. The team’s pitching staff could be one of the best in baseball, but as the Mets of the 1970’s found out, if you can’t hit, you aren’t going to win. Going into the offseason prior to 2014, the Mets had a plethora of issues around [...]
I love baseball. Yeah, football is awesome too, but there’s something magical about the lack of a game clock and lazy, hazy days of summer. And as the leaves transform into a spectacular canvass and the New York Mets routinely heading out for golf courses in Florida, I get a bit blue after game 162. [...]
The 2014 New York Mets had an outstanding bullpen at times and was overall a strength of the team. It didn't start that way and it certainly didn't look that way at times during the season. There are a few pitchers that made the bullpen so questionable early on. As we continue our look into [...]
In 2015, the Mets expect to have Matt Harvey back in the starting rotation. They also expect to call up Noah Syndergaard from Triple-A Las Vegas and place him on the Major League roster. This leaves them with the dilemma of having more than enough pitchers to try and fit in a five-man starting rotation: [...]
It is no secret that the Mets will be looking to improve in two areas in 2015. They either need a shortstop or an outfielder, but the Mets most likely won't pursue both. Shortstop has young options in Wilmer Flores and Matt Reynolds, or they could fall back on Ruben Tejada. And there's always free [...]
Postseason teams are typically stacked with talent from the man getting paid the most to the 25th man. These great teams have a knack for being able to pick out the best players to ride on the bench. While this may be a waste of talent at times, a well-rounded and talented bench can make [...]
It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma… That is a famous quote by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, made in 1939. He was trying to forecast what Russia would do in the face of confrontation with Hitler’s Germany, but he may as well have been talking about the 2015 off-season for [...]
As it seems Lucas Duda proved his worth, at least for the time being in the eyes of the Mets management and fanbase, this season by putting up 30 homers, albeit hitting poorly against lefties. He hit well against righties with a slash line of .273/.372/.543, but against lefties he only managed to have a [...]
Looking at the Mets pages over at Baseball-Reference and FanGraphs and I’m constantly surprised at the things that jump out at me. Here are 10 things that made me do a double-take. Among players with at least 100 PA, Lucas Duda led the team with a .349 OBP and Kirk Nieuwenhuis was second with a [...]
With an eagerness and hunger to make it into the playoffs next season, the Mets need to have a successful offseason. Sandy Alderson will be looking to get either a shortstop or left fielder to help make the Mets’ offense better than it was this season. Even without signing a free agent, the Mets will [...]