It always seems like drama arises during spring training. The Ruben Tejada/Stephen Drew saga ramped back up once Tejada appeared at spring training earlier this week. And now, since there weren’t any big time rumors floating around, Ike Davis’ name has been brought back up. The Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates are back in the [...]
Ludicrous? Idiotic? Maybe. If empirical analysis has taught us anything over the past few decades, it’s to question the convention. David Wright is the quintessential three-hole hitter. He shows patience, power and speed. However those are all the same attributes that Mike Trout displayed as a successful leadoff man for the Los Angeles Angels in [...]
The curse of the Billy Goat and the Curse of the Bambino are two of the best-known curses in all of baseball. But could there now be yet another curse on the rise? Indeed, there is. This curse affects New York’s favorite National League team, the New York Mets. What is this curse though? Think [...]
The Red Sox had the “Curse of the Bambino”, the Cubs seem to have the “Curse of the Billy Goat” the Mets have the curse of the injury. It seems that every year, around the same time, the injury bug hits the entire team as the team we love falls out of contention. This year, [...]
The camps are open. Spring Training is almost in full swing for just about everybody. The Mets seem to be more eager than most clubs: a week before pitchers and catchers were to report and two full weeks before the full squad’s appearance was mandatory, the Mets had 60 – that’s “six-oh” – spring training [...]
Most of the media coverage is on the Mets and Stephen Drew. This makes sense as Drew plays shortstop and the only team with a major need at short are the Mets. Now, the Mets could still sign Drew and I’ve no doubt that he’d be a better player than Ruben Tejada, but his impact [...]
With the dawn of the 2014 season on the horizon, many are buzzing about the pending graduation of top prospects Noah Syndergaard and Rafael Montero to the major leagues. Not to be outdone, there is another crop of young players who have less recognizable names poised to launch themselves into the upper echelon of the [...]
Since Derek Jeter has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2014 season, there have been conversations comparing the Yankees great shortstop to Mets’ third-baseman David Wright. Comparing one of the best shortstops of all-time who has his whole career behind him to a great third baseman who still has 10 years [...]
Mets pitchers and catchers reported to Port St. Lucie yesterday, officially kicking off a new season of major league baseball. The Mets, like most teams, have several issues heading into Spring Training. One of those many issues is the team's noted lack of an effective leadoff hitter. Terry Collins, as he's apt to do, has [...]
Earlier this past week, I read an opinion piece suggesting the Mets signing free agent OF Nelson Cruz along with Stephen Drew in an effort, in this writer’s opinion, to have a formidable lineup. I dismissed this opinion as just that—an opinion—and possibly a way to fill the page. Despite the lack of any noticeable [...]
The Battle of the Bullpen I am excited and intrigued by the upcoming race for the bullpen that the Mets will be having. Bobby Parnell’s health is in question which makes the entire bullpen a major question mark, but I am optimistic with the options Alderson has assembled. Here are a few of the battles [...]
There have been some solid long relievers in the history of the New York Mets: Don Cardwell, Ray Sadecki, and Terry Leach all come to mind. A good performance by a team’s primary long reliever is a mixed blessing. A significant contribution by a long reliever (just like a team’s primary pinch-hitter) can be beneficial [...]