When speaking about the future of the Mets pitching rotation, a lot of names get thrown around. Dillon Gee's name usually gets mentioned as a possible fourth or fifth starter, or perhaps even trade bait to help get a left fielder or shortstop. Gee has had an up-and-down year in 2014, partially to blame by [...]
In their last 13 games, the Mets are 8-5. While they’ve benefited from playing nine games in this stretch against Philadelphia, Miami and Cincinnati, the 2014 club is in no position to turn its nose up when it comes to wins regardless of the quality of the opponent. The offense has averaged slightly over five [...]
At 27 years old, Kirk Nieuwenhuis can hardly be considered a young player, but in 50 games this season, he is finally starting to come into his own. Yes, it's a small sample size, and his .271/.373/.518 line is a little bit BABIP-driven, but he certainly passes the eye test as having improved over the [...]
Remember the August 3rd game against the San Francisco Giants, when Terry Collins decided to rest Lucas Duda and Daniel Murphy against Madison Bumgarner? The offense only mustered two hits for the game, and scored zero runs. With Murphy going down with a calf injury, it seemed that the offense would struggle to put together [...]
No matter how closely you follow the Mets this or any year, there’s always things to learn. On this list of 10 things – if you’re being honest with yourself there’s at least one thing you did not know yesterday. If you knew all 10 – drop me a note and come write for the [...]
Full disclosure: The idea for this article was blatantly stolen from my co-writer on Mets360.com, Brian Joura. While he focused on the offensive side, let’s now take a look at the pitching side. It’s not easy to pull up exclusively late season promotions, so the criteria I used was pitchers age 23 or younger, making [...]
Friday night, Mets manager Terry Collins made the decision to drop the struggling Curtis Granderson from the top of the lineup to the sixth hole. He made an inclination that this will be a longer-term move rather than a one-or-two-game banishment. Granderson entered play Friday hitting a paltry .211/.313/.354. Since the All-Star break it is [...]
It feels like Wilmer Flores has been a Met forever. He was signed seven years ago at the age of 16 and has been much ballyhooed as the Mets best offensive prospect. He has been ranked as a top 100 prospect in all of baseball on multiple occasions and famously destroyed Triple-A over the last [...]
Barring a miracle, it looks like Noah Syndergaard is going to spend his entire 2014 campaign in Triple A. Many fans believe that it isn’t the right approach to handling Syndergaard, especially after promoting Dilson Herrera from Double A. With Syndergaard not getting the call to the bigs this year, the Mets could opt to [...]
Who are Dilson Herrera's comps among past players for the Mets? It's not an easy question to answer. Given his age and his defensive position, Jose Reyes might jump to mind. But Reyes was promoted in June and received 292 PA in his rookie season. Let's look for comps based on age and expected playing [...]
Since being recalled to the majors, Matt den Dekker has played better than his detractors thought he was capable of and nearly as well as his proponents wildly wished. He’s shown the ability to hit, he’s cut down significantly on his strikeouts and his speed helps him on both sides of the game. The question [...]
The Mets are not going to win 90 games this season, and that is a fact. It is mathematically impossible for the Mets to win 90 games, and the team’s elimination numbers are running low, so hope for the 2014 season is now officially lost. Luckily, the playoffs are not the only thing September baseball [...]