Right now everyone is scheming for ways for the Mets to shed payroll so they can add big bats for LF and SS. Those who try to remain a little grounded in Wilpon reality will claim there’s not enough money for two imports so they’ll play Wilmer Flores at short and bring in a left [...]
Sure, anything can happen…right? Can the Mets increase their win total from 79 this year to 100 next year? A 21 win leap would be the 3rd largest win total increase from one year to the next. The 1968 Mets won 73 games, and then 1969 Mets won exactly 100, a 27 win jump. The [...]
Heading into the offseason, the chorus that’s been beaten to death by pundits, fans, and pretty much everyone, is that the Mets need to upgrade at both shortstop and left field going into 2015 if they want to compete. The consensus seems to be that what the Mets got out of those two positions in [...]
The New York Mets failed to earn a playoff berth in 2014 because they didn’t win enough games. Oh, you want more? What if I said it was because they didn’t finish above .500? Still more? The Mets missed getting a ticket to the dance because they were so worried about getting on base they [...]
Next up in our projection review series is Chris Young. Everyone says now that they hated the signing and wanted him gone months before he actually got the axe. Part of the value of doing projections is that they provide a nice snapshot in time, so we can see at least what people on our [...]
The early decisions in any offseason surround the status of a team’s 40 man roster. The 40 man roster is The Great Wall of a professional baseball team. It’s what allows an organization to protect its players so that they can be allowed to develop into a team that should be able to contend. 40 [...]
As we continue our nominations for the least valuable player of the 2014 New York Mets, it may be safe to assume that we could just stop the search right here. One would be hard pressed to find a worse candidate (or for our purposes, a better one) than Chris Young. His season began with [...]
With yesterday marking the first playoff game of the 2014 season and today being the first day of October, it is another year without the Mets being post-season bound. It felt just a little bit different this year for those that followed the team for 162 games. There was a buzz around this team that [...]
Lucas Duda hit his 30th home run of the 2014 season on the final day of play. It was significant for more than just a career stat line. It is a pivotal piece to the continued development of the players around him in the lineup. The Mets finally have a seemingly reliable source of power [...]
With another season of Mets baseball now in the books, the time of the year for reflections on the season that was has began. The team’s 79-83 record, though disappointing, has to be seen as a step forward toward contention, especially when considering the lack of contributions the team saw from David Wright and Matt [...]
Sandy Alderson took over for Omar Minaya as General Manager in October of 2010. Under Alderson the Mets have yet to go over .500, but he has done well to rebuild the Mets Farm system through the draft and through trades. His most notable trades were trading away RA Dickey and Carlos Beltran. One of [...]
End of the Season Awards Team MVP: 1. Juan Lagares: With a 3.8 WAR, Lagares led the Mets in WAR, while his .281 average was second among starters. In a stadium like Citi Field, defense cannot go overlooked, and with Lagares in center field, the Mets’ pitching staff was saved more times than not. Mets [...]