It’s all quiet on the home front here in New York as we witness autumn fading into winter. The Mets have done little thus far in the player’s market, but are not alone in that position. On Wednesday, the first big move was made when the Tigers shipped Prince Fielder to Texas in exchange for [...]
News came down the pipe today that the Mets signed Chris Young to a one-year deal, with no salary terms yet released. The good news is this is the former Diamondbacks and A’s outfielder – not the former Mets pitcher. Now the question remains: Is there any other good news to go along with this [...]
By now you’ve heard and read the rumors about the Brewers and the Mets. You should understand that these are rumors and that they leave a large gap between the Mets THINKING about getting Braun and the Mets ACTUALLY getting him. Should the Brewers be on their course to make this move you’d have to [...]
“We’re still a fraud! We trimmed the attendance again!” -- Casey Stengel, following a loss on Opening Day 1963 The Mets’ first manager many things: quotable, funny, old and brilliant. Turns out he was also prophetic. “News” – if you want to call it that – is that Sandy Alderson is experiencing “sticker shock” at [...]
Sandy Alderson reportedly has a plan for the New York Mets. Supposedly this plan includes spending money to improve aspects of the team that, at this point, don’t appear to have enough, or any, major league talent. Mets fans around the globe rejoiced at the idea, looked at the team’s payroll and, logically made the [...]
According to MetsBlog, sources close with the Brewers’ team thinking believes that Ryan Braun is more available in a trade than Norichika Aoki. Last week, it was reported that the Brewers were one of the teams to call the Mets about 1B Ike Davis, and many thought a one-for-one swap of Aoki and Davis was [...]
The Mets have many questions heading into 2014, but in many respects the starting rotation could be the most pressing. With Matt Harvey out for the entire season - exception might be a few cameo starts in September - and Noah Syndergaard set to make his debut in June or July, the Mets need a [...]
If you can get away with something cheaper [than $1,000,000.00] as the Mets did for the innings they squeezed out of [LaTroy] Hawkins and the hits they derived from Marlon Byrd ($700K), fan-freaking-tastic. There are budgets and strategies and dozens of contracts to take into consideration. Don’t throw money away if you don’t have to. [...]
Last year when the Mets signed veterans Marlon Byrd and LaTroy Hawkins, the collective reaction from the fanbase was a giant yawn. Then those two players went out and had nice seasons. Now fans are upset because the Mets let both Byrd and Hawkins sign elsewhere, seemingly without even making a financial offer to bring [...]
I’ve been a vocal supporter of Ike Davis in the past. I’ve defended him during the bad times, and cheered him on during the good. I even bought his tshirt-jersey hybrid thingy. I thought he was part of the solution to turning around the Mets. But unfortunately, he has been part of the problem. As [...]
They sign no free agents… They trade for no stars… They run out a team in 2014 that is largely the same as 2013… THE LINEUP: Eric Young Jr. [LF] Juan Lagares [CF] David Wright [3B] Daniel Murphy [2B] Travis d’Arnaud [C] Ike Davis [1B] Ruben Tejada [SS] Matt DenDekker [RF] The Mets continue to [...]
Since the beginning of the build up to the 2014 offseason, it was pretty much assumed that Mets GM Sandy Alderson would make some moves. There has also been a lot of discussion of how Alderson is going to go about making these moves. Some say that it’s a good idea to make a huge [...]