News flash: the Mets are eleven games under the .500 mark. A lot has been written and a number of fingers have been pointed as to why. We can look at the failures of Ike Davis, Ruben Tejada and any one of about five or six minor-league outfielders to develop. We can blame a porous [...]
With Zack Wheeler’s eventual call up to Queens to come in the next week or two, Dillon Gee and Jeremy Hefner are doing their best to not lose their spot in the rotation. Simply put, they are not going down without a fight. While the club and Terry Collins are trying to downplay the addition [...]
It’s been over a year since that unforgettable June day. Ask any Mets fan where they were on June 1st, 2012 and they can tell you. It is a moment that will go down in history: Johan Santana threw the first Mets no-hitter. Now, a year later, what impact does that no-hitter still have? For [...]
Your intrepid columnist got a little jolt this morning. He clicked on MetsBlog.com to read that there is a very strong possibility that the Mets will be buyers at the trade deadline. Really? Buyers? After going from the extremely high mountaintop of sweeping the Yankees to the deepest of valleys in being swept by the [...]
There were 31 first-round picks in the 2012 Draft, the extra one due to the Blue Jays not signing their 2011 top choice. Of those first round picks, 17 were from the high school level and 14 were college selections. The Mets took high school shortstop Gavin Cecchini with the 12th overall pick, the seventh [...]
On the surface, Daniel Murphy has made some great strides this season towards establishing himself as one of the top second basemen in Major League Baseball. After Sunday’s loss to the Marlins, Murphy sported a .291/.323/.441 slash line and ranked sixth or better amongst second basemen in Major League Baseball in batting average (6th), slugging [...]
During Spring Training Mets fans hoped that the projected outfield wouldn't be as bad as the doomsayers had predicted. "Worst outfield ever" was a common theme parroted by numerous media outlets. The outfield was definitely lacking in talent, but there was no way it could be that bad. Right? As it turns out, the Mets [...]
This past week, the Mets’ pitching staff had its best week of the year. Jonathon Niese and Jeremy Hefner both turned out solid performances. Matt Harvey was exceptional as always, and Dillon Gee turned out the best start of his career with 12 strikeouts against the Yankees. On Friday, Shaun Marcum took the mound and [...]
We’ve got about two months to the trading deadline. Will the Mets be a factor? Will they make a deal? MLB Rumors just published their 2014 Free Agent Top Ten Rankings. Is there anyone on this list that might be available at the end of July? If so, could any of them conceivably interest Sandy [...]
Round 1: With the 11th pick overall the Mets will likely be drafting a college outfielder. The good news is that this draft is deep in college outfielders. Once upon a time I might have hoped for Kris Bryant, but that is pretty well impossible. So who are we looking at? #11, Hope For – [...]
Well, so much for riding the momentum of sweeping the Yankees. As it is a common occurrence to the Mets and their fans, they tend to show up for the big affairs but fail to get up for teams they should beat. After riding into Miami with a five-game winning streak, the Mets were once [...]
The First-Year Player Draft is a week away. The 2013 edition of the draft will take place on June 6-8 and the Mets are primed to get a highly-touted first round selection when they make their first pick in the 11th spot. The Mets have the foundation for what could be a great rotation some [...]