Word keeps dribbling out that it’s all but official that the Mets will be extending Sandy Alderson’s contract. According to a source, owner and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon will confirm this worst-kept-secret quite soon. There are some among Mets’ fans who despair at this news. They’ll deride the Mets’ GM as “SMS: Small Market [...]
Eric Campbell has shown enormous flexibility on the field for the Mets in 2014. He has played everywhere except center, and catcher, and has a .698 OPS to show for very sporadic playing time. However, just last year his OPS stood at .910 for the entire season, and early this year, he posted a .967 [...]
The Mets have won 12 of their last 18 games, meaning there’s still a chance that my preseason prediction the club would play .700 ball over a 20-game stretch of the season can come true! Who says these games are meaningless? Of course, to do so the Mets will have to beat the Nationals the [...]
Terry Collins is a frustrating manager. He makes decisions that at times can be characterized as puzzling, head-scratching, and downright confusing. Fans have been calling for his head seemingly since the day he was hired, and at times I've joined those choruses, too. But with news of Collins likely sticking around for 2015, and a [...]
With a week remaining in the 2014 season, it is time to look back on another year of rebuilding for the Mets. Although the team was not in contention throughout the season, the team had a couple of bright spots along the way that we must remember as we approach the season’s finish 1. Sandy [...]
Following four dismal starts after the All-Star break, Jon Niese has given us exactly what we've come to expect over the past five years.
The Mets made a four year, $60 million commitment to Curtis Granderson last winter. It was a signing that was agreed by most to be the right thing to do as the Mets were in desperate need for outfield help. With nine games left in the season, Granderson has posted the worst OPS of his [...]
There are conflicting reports as to the severity of the injury to Juan Lagares. There’s not a ton to be gained by having him rush back this year as earlier Sandy Alderson made it clear that Terry Collins is not going to be judged on what happens the last dozen games of the season. The [...]
The New York Mets have been trying to fill a gaping void at their shortstop position ever since the departure of Jose Reyes. While Ruben Tejada was once thought to be the second coming, he's proven to be more like Rey Ordonez at the plate than Jose Reyes. The team thought their prayers had been [...]
Ever since Doc Gooden debuted, there have been very few Mets rookies that have stood out. This year, however, a new player has burst on to the scene and that man is Jacob deGrom. After a 13-strikeout performance, one would think that Jacob deGrom is a shoe-in for the National League Rookie of the Year, [...]
With the Mets mathematically eliminated from the National League East and the dream of winning the second Wild Card out of reach, the ball club will have to wait until at least 2015 to compete in the Post Season for the first time since 2006. That being said, the Mets should not just give up [...]
"I don't frankly think the last 12 games have a lot to do with evaluating Terry," Alderson said before his team's 151st game of the season. "I think we've played well to this point and through the first half of September, even the latter part of August. I think the team has responded pretty well." [...]