Note: This is a continuing short series comparing (at a high level) where the Mets roster stood last year at this time and where it stands heading into Spring Training 2014. We're quickly approaching the reporting date for pitchers and catchers and the start of baseball for 2014. The off-season may not have gone as [...]
What do James Baldwin, Scott Erickson and Geremi Gonzalez all have in common? They all started games for the Mets in the last 10 years. Congratulations if you’ve successfully put those performances out of your mind. That trio combined for 29 ER in 28 IP. And they’re hardly alone for rotten performances on the mound [...]
If there’s one thing that we’ve learned heading into Year Four of the Sandy Alderson-Terry Collins regime, it’s to take their words with a giant boulder of salt. The biggest area where perhaps we weren’t told the exact truth was in the payroll numbers for previous years. But there have been other instances of doublespeak [...]
There are 15 days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, 15 days until grass looks green instead of snow-covered white or dingy grey. Many among the Mets’ fan community can hardly wait. There are some staunch glass-half-full types -- right here in our own back yard -- who see the potential for great [...]
The 1969 Mets are one of the most beloved teams in baseball history. The classic rags to riches story of a team who had never eclipsed a positive winning percentage from 1962 to 1968 rising to the top of the baseball world in 1969 was drama at its best. Mets fans know the main players [...]
The winter is always a tough time for baseball fans. Besides the frenzy that is the winter meetings, it’s a quiet offseason. Each passing day brings baseball one day closer from coming back. Now, it’s less than a month away. And it’s time to get excited about Mets baseball. It’s time to throw out on [...]
As you may remember, a while ago Brian Joura hosted a podcast for Mets 360, which eventually went away. We are proud to announce that as of the Queens Baseball Convention two weeks ago, it is back with yours truly as the host. I sat down with a lot of great guests there and will [...]
Keith Law, prospect guru of ESPN, released his rankings of all 30 MLB farm systems yesterday, with the Mets system coming in sixth. Only the Astros, Twins, Pirates, Cubs and Red Sox ranked higher. The pitching depth that the Mets have been able to add coupled with the hauls from the R.A. Dickey and Marlon [...]
As we all know, the pitching rotation for 2014 is pretty much set and there is a great line of pitchers that will be coming up. So lets take a look at who could be the best options for the 2015 rotation (let it be known that I don’t believe Bartolo Colon will be here [...]
In 1986, the Mets had three of the top 10 pitchers in the National League. Their fourth starter was Sid Fernandez. However, just because he was the Mets’ fourth starter does not mean in any way, shape or form was Fernandez an SP#4. When looking to rate starters, you cannot look at team context, you [...]
The current Mets roster is not high on dynamic personalities. We have Captain America who’s calm, cool and collected, but sometimes a little overlooked because he isn’t flashy. We had, then temporarily lost the Dark Knight of Gotham, who offered up a winning and dominant attitude, which was something Mets fans hadn’t seen in lo [...]
In 2012 and 2013 the Mets watched the rest of baseball spend money and bring in quality baseball players to improve their teams while they made do with Scott Hairston and Marlon Byrd. Then comes 2014… 2014 was to be the Met’s year. This would be the year where ownership would not be able to [...]