This offseason the Mets were unwilling to pay the price to bring a new shortstop into town. Regardless of whether that was a defensible decision, the Mets followed up with the solution of moving Wilmer Flores back to shortstop, even though they moved him off the position following the 2011 season. Not once did the [...]
That’s a pretty blasphemous headline to some people. It’s hard enough to compare the offensive and pitching stats from one era to another, so imagine how hard it is to do with defense. We don’t have the ability to really watch an extremely large portion of Willie Mays career because baseball wasn’t televised as it [...]
Injuries in professional sports are always tragic. Some are obviously worse than others (Bo Jackson for instance) and no one ever wants to see someone get hurt doing their job to the best of their ability. However, one can never forget that professional sports are a business at their roots and everything is utilized to [...]
The New York Mets have 34 games to play in this frustrating season – wasn’t this supposed to be the year? – and there’s nothing really left for which to play, other than being a spoiler. Whatever chance they might have had for this year to be special disappeared when the front office became paralytic [...]
The year was 2007. The New York Mets were in dire trouble of losing their grip on first place in the division and not even rebounding to make the playoffs as a wild card. The team enters the final game of the season against the last place, then, Florida Marlins.They turn to their ace, Tom [...]
It’s obvious. Both Jenrry Mejia and David Wright are playing hurt. While they are proving their commitment to the game and to their teammates and fans, they are taking a giant risk and putting the 2015 season on the line. 2015 is all but the year everyone in the front office pointed to as the [...]
The Mets are more than 10 games out of first place in the NL East and far enough out of the Wild Card that it will be a miracle if they can claim a spot. Their offense has been slacking all season and the bullpen is an inconsistent mess. Of course, the young players have [...]
If you can remember as far back as last week, you might recall that the Washington Nationals were in town for the first time since Opening Week. That series produced no wins for the Mets, and neither did the more recent one. You may have heard that the Mets record in their last 11 games [...]
Curtis Granderson, who we affectionately refer to as Granny on the Mets360 Game Chatters, first appeared in the leadoff spot for the Mets lineup on June 15th. It wasn't until July 5th that he retained that spot, seemingly for the rest of the season. Since that date, Granderson is batting .197/.276/.299 with three home runs, [...]
There’s no team that it’s okay to lose to yet if there’s one team that we should never accept defeat against - it’s the Cubs. They haven’t been to the World Series for 17 years before we played our first game. And the Mets’ franchise is over 50 years old. My wife’s grandmother is 103 [...]
During Sunday's matchup with the Chicago Cubs, the chatter in the SNY booth turned at one point toward the minor league systems of both the Mets and Cubs. This is understandable, as both teams are largely out of the playoff hunt (barring any miracles) and possess top-5 rated systems. Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez mentioned [...]
The Mets starting rotation has been solid this season, featuring Bartolo Colon, Jacob deGrom, Dillon Gee, Jon Niese, and Zack Wheeler. In a rotation featuring pitchers with ERAs below 4.00, there has been a consistency of good starting pitching throughout the season. Although pitchers experiencing streaks may be common, Wheeler is turning a corner late [...]