Some teams enter the winter meetings with their eye to sign marquee players (Mike Napoli, Josh Hamilton or Zack Greinke). Some teams are looking at lesser names with an eye towards completing their rosters (Angel Pagan, Jesus Flores or Nate Schierholtz). Some teams are looking to trade prospects to improve their teams (Toronto, New York [...]
In light of David Wright’s extension, the issue has come up about making Wright the official team captain. A title held only three times in team history, and one that, well, is a tad overrated, over blown and very much reeks of pulling what the guys in the Bronx do. The guys in the Boogie [...]
When people talk about the future of the Mets’ rotation, they always talk about Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler, as well they should. If he isn’t included in a trade, Jonathon Niese will be there, too. I’ve heard some mention Dillon Gee and while I’m still a bit skeptical about that one, after the half [...]
Recently Jimmy Preller from 2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball invited me to do a Q&A and the results were posted this morning. Click here to read about being an armchair GM, thoughts on Shea Stadium, Sandy Alderson, baseball cards and a lot more, including my efforts to steer the conversation away from food.
Early this morning news came down that the Mets and David Wright agreed on a contract extension. That’s good news in that the Mets can cross that off the “to do” list and move on to other matters. With the Winter Meetings right around the corner, hopefully that means Sandy Alderson can look to address [...]
There is certainly a lot of buzz emanating from Queens these days in regards to David Wright’s contract negotiations. Per MetsBlog, WFAN’s Mike Francesca says that he has sources (inside Mets’ offices) saying that the offer the Mets made to Wright, a deal which is reportedly worth $135-140 million for seven years, is legit and [...]
Sometimes, your intrepid columnist is stuck. The day I’ve scheduled to write will start with me having no bleeding idea what I will write about. I’ll scratch my head for most of a morning and sweat and strain to get down five hundred or a thousand words worthy of the pixels I’ll expend -- if [...]
This week the Baseball Writers Association of America members will receive their official Hall of Fame ballot, which will be turned in before December 31st, and the results will be officially announced on January 9th. While the official ballot has yet to surface, speculation, including the Hall’s own website listing future candidates for the next [...]
The Mets have no money and a glaring need for RHB. Given those two realities, it is a little strange that we have not heard more about plans to find playing time for Josh Satin. While he’s defensively challenged, Satin has hit everywhere he’s played in the minors, including a .286/.391/.442 line in 527 PA [...]
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought I would form a top 10 list of things Mets’ fans should be thankful for. Granted, it’s not really a lot fun being a Mets’ fan these days with a string of four straight losing seasons, a limited budget and an owner who is dividing the [...]
It became official yesterday. Commissioner Bud Selig approved the mega-deal between the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays. Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson, John Buck, Emilio Bonifacio and our immortal beloved Jose Reyes are leaving sunny Florida and are headed to the Great White North, while Henderson Alvarez, Yunel Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeff Mathis, Anthony DeSclafani, [...]
There has been TOO much talk about the Mets keeping/trading R.A. Dickey without any real discussion over what they think they could realistically get for a 37-year old Cy Young. It’s great that he throws a pitch that’s easy on the arm and has shown remarkably good health but age is always a concern and [...]