The big news that has shaken the Major League Baseball landscape over the past week was the mega deal signed by Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera. The 30-year-old (hard to believe) Cabrera’s eight-year extension brings the total money owed to him by the Tigers to $292 million over 10 years, two vesting options worth [...]
With opening day mere hours away, the Mets finally named their fifth starting pitcher yesterday. The competition for the fifth spot in the rotation started out wide open, even including top prospects Noah Syndergaard and Raphael Montero. Realistically, though, the true competition came down to top prospect Jenrry Mejia and recently re-signed Daisuke Matsuzaka. Most [...]
Dillon Gee is not the most exciting name on the Mets. Gee is known as the reliable pitcher who can produce some quality innings. Gee is not an innings eater, and he’s surely not a dominant player. When healthy, he can be counted on to keep the team in the ball game. He’s also the [...]
With Grapefruit Season over and the regular season yet to begin, it’s time to check in with my annual predictions column. These are not safe picks and if history is a guide, a majority won’t come true. Last year was a pretty good year as I got seven out of 15 right and a couple [...]
Poking around the Met-verse and reading articles this offseason, you may not have noticed the Mets largest offseason acquisition. Here at Mets360 we last saw Curtis Granderson focused on in early January. Is this fair? No. It’s the difference between how the media focuses on the Mets and other teams in baseball. Do writers focus [...]
Those of us rooting for Jenrry Mejia to be the Mets’ fifth starter this year were dealt a blow Friday night when he had to leave his start early after getting hit in the forearm. It’s another in a long list of injuries that have kept the former top prospect from settling in at the [...]
Opening Day is Monday and the Mets are still finalizing their roster as they prepare for a two game exhibition series in Montreal. Jose Valverde has officially made the team after being placed on the 40 man roster. In nine games this spring, “Papa Grande” has pitched ten innings ,yielding ten hits and only one [...]
While many of us Mets fans were clamoring for Jenrry Mejia to be the Mets fifth starter, it just doesn’t seem it’s going to happen. For whatever reason the Mets have, they are going to ether send Mejia to the bullpen (although Sandy Alderson is refuting that notion) or the minors where he can get [...]
Sandy Alderson put out the word over the last few days that Ike Davis and Lucas Duda would both make the Opening Day roster. In an offseason that could be argued as a success, this situation is a massive failure and it’s somewhat amazing that the front office can’t see that. The situation isn’t a [...]
“Basically, the Mets have a strong bench. Unfortunately, it’s starting.” – Sports Illustrated, June 2, 1980. Such was the narrative when the Mets surprised everybody that year by flirting with .500 in mid-June. That gritty, gutty bunch warranted a feature in the leading national sporting publication of the time, on the verge of having a [...]
Don’t worry Mets fans, the Mets will be making additions to their roster. And these moves will be soon. By mid-May, it seems very likely that a young pitcher will be gone and a new shortstop will be arriving. Now this trade could have been done two months ago or Stephen Drew could have been [...]
Spring Training is the one time of year when it is socially acceptable to root against the Mets, for certain players to have an edge on jobs. At this point in the young season, most of the main questions have been answered- some not to the liking of the fans. The shortstop situation has resolved [...]