It's never a good idea to get worked up over a single article, but the Daily News' Andy Martino posted one last night that just may send large swaths of the Mets' fan base into a frenzy. Martino, based on conversations with the ever-omniscient “team insiders,” dropped the proverbial bomb on the future state of [...]
The 2015 Mets will boast rotation candidates like Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Jonathon Niese, Dillon Gee, Jeremy Hefner, Jacob deGrom and Rafael Montero. The bullpen will feature arms such as Bobby Parnell, Jenrry Mejia, Vic Black, Jeurys Familia and Jack Leathersich. The lineup will feature some familiar names like David Wright, Daniel Murphy, [...]
While his contact skills and batting average (.231) is nothing to write home about, there is no denying the fact that Eric Young Jr. is a bonafide spark plug at the top of the Mets' batting order. Maybe he doesn't get on base at the best of clips (.319 OBP) either, but Young Jr. does [...]
Dillon Gee threw 50 pitches off the mound yesterday and is slotted to make a rehab start in the Gulf Coast league on Monday or Tuesday. If all goes well, Gee should be recalled and installed back into the Mets starting rotation sometime at the end of June. The candidates to lose their slots are [...]
The Mets’ season is chugging along as predicted by most pundits – i.e. they aren’t very good. There have been early surprises, such as a sweep of Arizona on the road, taking three-of-four from the Cardinals in late April, and the recent four-victories-in-five grueling games in Philadelphia. These have been mainly outweighed by soul-crushing disappointments: [...]
It was fun watching Bartolo Colon on Wednesday afternoon. And no, I'm not talking about him legging out a double and scoring from second base moments later when Eric Young Jr. knocked him in with his own double. Ok, maybe I am. After all, Colon is fun to watch run the bases. No, Wednesday was [...]
Eric Campbell deserves to be playing more. Actually, Eric Campbell deserves to be starting. It’s obvious that the Mets are having struggles offensively. Bobby Abreu, Chris Young, Eric Young Jr. and Curtis Granderson make up the four potential outfielders on a daily basis. Campbell hit .326 with a .437 OBP in two seasons at AAA [...]
By now you've heard that Travis d'Arnaud has been tearing it up in Las Vegas since his demotion. His line in nine games is rather impressive: .395/.452/.868 with five home runs. The chatter has already begun as to whether or not the Mets should recall d'Arnaud and place him back in the lineup, as it [...]
Last week, it was pointed out that there aren’t a whole lot of reasons to pay attention to the Mets, even with this 2014 season as early as it is. That assessment appears to have been mistaken: the Mets and their machinations have been noticed as far away as Paris…as in France. In the painstakingly [...]
Over this past weekend, Chris Young was booed by his hometown fans. That needs to stop. Let’s get something out of the way. Young has been terrible this year, but what did we all expect? Young has been in decline the last four seasons, so was there any real reason to expect that this year [...]
For just the fourth time in 16 outings this year for the Mets, Josh Edgin pitched a full inning last night. All it took for that to happen was for the bullpen to have to contribute 15.2 innings over the past three games. It’s worth noting that Edgin retired all three batters he faced. In [...]
