In the classic Hollywood storytelling arc, the formula is “boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.” This basic structure has worked since anybody figured out that you could tell a story with some celluloid and a screen. It’s worked for Gable and Lombard, Hepburn and Tracy, Funicello and Avalon, Hanks and Ryan. It’s [...]
Marlon Byrd is having a World Class season. He’s currently hitting .280/.324/.508 with 17 HRs and 60 RBI on the year. He’s also due a pittance of a salary and holds no commitment beyond 2013. All of these things SHOULD make Byrd a highly sought after player at the trade deadline. Except for the fact [...]
Coming off an NL Player of the Week Award, Juan Lagares was named the everyday centerfielder, further cemented by Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ demotion to AAA Las Vegas. He has posted numbers like a .352/.400/.537/.937 slash and a .393 wOBA, albeit helped by a .462 BABIP, in July and has played plus defense at a prime position. [...]
The Mets have been playing better recently, and appear to be sneaking up on the Phillies and the Nationals in the standings. They are heading in the right direction, but there are still moves that Sandy Alderson needs to make -- one of which regards the outfield. Alderson is likely to pursue an outfielder, and [...]
This time on the Mets Memorabilia review, let's take a look at the 2013 All-Star Game program from the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field. Now this magazine is a far cry from the 1964 one from Shea Stadium, in which the program was probably roughly 60 pages, and sported an illustrated cover of [...]
John Buck got off to a fantastic start in 2013 and to the surprise of no one, manager Terry Collins started to write his name in the lineup as close to every day as possible. It made sense in April, because there was no reason not to ride the hot streak, plus the team was [...]
Sometimes it’s tough to tell what the outlier is. Jeremy Hefner is coming off a recent eight-start run that raised a few eyebrows. From June 4 through the All-Star break, his stretch comprised 51 IP and a scant 10 ER – good for an ERA of 1.77. That’s an “ace”- type number. For comparison’s sake, [...]
Mets try to earn a split of the four-game series with the Braves and Wheeler tries to duplicate his success versus Atlanta from his MLB debut, when he pitched six scoreless innings. Game time is 12:10 PM. [chat id="135" ]
All the major media outlets expect the Mets to promote Jenrry Mejia to start one of the games Friday in the day/night doubleheader against the Nationals. Mejia has been slowed this year by an elbow injury but has made six appearances in the minors, with the last two being strong starts in Double-A. For Binghamton [...]
All the talk is that the Mets are turning a corner as a franchise, with hopes that 2014 will be the year they contend once again for an October berth. This year we have seen glimpses of this with the arrival of Zack Wheeler, the emergence of Juan Lagares/Dillon Gee/Jeremy Hefner and the great season [...]
The Mets released pitcher Shaun Marcum on Tuesday, officially ending an obviously disappointing season for the 31 year old. One of Sandy Alderson's big offseason additions, Marcum finished with a dismal record of 1-10 in 12 games started with an ERA of 5.29. The veteran's season was finished after undergoing shoulder surgery to address thoracic [...]
The 2011 Mets were a team that fans and the front office would want to forget; David Wright and Johan Santana were injured, Mike Pelfrey couldn’t maintain any kind of consistency, Jason Bay had another sub-par year, and Jose Reyes departed to Free Agency following the season. One of the few bright spots for this [...]