Let’s focus on two Mets relievers whose contracts are up and the team will have to make a decision about re-signing. In this “what have you done for me lately” world, let’s concentrate on what they did down the stretch. To avoid preconceived notions, let’s call one of them “Smith” and the other one “Jones.” [...]
It’s only been a week since the Mets' 2012 season ended and Mets’ fans are already thinking of ways to upgrade the team for next season. For a team that stormed out of the gate this season but crashed and burned in the summer yet again, Mets’ fans want to correct a few wrongs and [...]
I’m getting excited about the Mets’ future. For real. I’m listening to my friend Mack Ade wax optimistic about the fortunes of this team in 2014 and beyond. I read with great interest a piece in MLB Trade Rumors that predicted a very busy 2013 off-season for the boys in blue and orange. I saw [...]
My first personal (not the compilation version) mock this year was on August 26th. It’s time for this to be updated: 1. RHP Mark Appel – Stanford – I’m going to stay with Appel until someone comes along and knocks him off the hill. He probably should have been drafted first last year. I still [...]
In November of last year there was a rumor of a Mets-Angels trade involving David Wright. As with most rumors, it’s hard to say if there were actual talks between the two teams or if it was something created by a drunken journalist in a bar or a blogger in his mom’s basement. Most versions [...]
The buzz on the street is that the Mets, still strapped for cash and likely to bleed money for another season or two might need to part ways with their beloved 3B. As David Wright would leave Flushing for a new franchise, this Met fan wonders, who the Mets will bill as the great hope [...]
There are two baseball games today as MLB hosts its first ever 1-game Wild Card play-in format. Here’s a Mets-themed guide to those two games. National League: Cardinals at Braves – on TBS at 5:07 PM Mets 2012 records vs ATL: 6-12 vs STL: 4-3 In postseason vs ATL – swept the first-ever 1969 NLCS [...]
Looking through a vacuum, the Mets' 2012 season was pretty par for the course. Think about it. Nearly every pundit and prognosticator predicted the Mets to be an underwhelming bunch and almost all unanimously picked the Mets to finish last in the NL East. At least we beat out the Miami Reyes! So, for the [...]
It may be early October but this is the Halloween Roundtable edition. I reached out to friends in the Mets blogosphere recently to ask the following question: What's the top priority for Sandy Alderson this offseason? These people all do great work and their names are hyperlinked to their blogs so please go ahead and [...]
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The pieces are all familiar. We’ve been here before. There are two games left to the year and the Mets are out of it. Again. We fans sit on the sidelines and watch other guys have fun for the next couple of weeks. We watch, intrigued and happy for the Orioles and A’s. We watch, [...]
Don’t like focusing on the negative? Click here for the positive in Part I How do you ultimately judge a season where not much was expected only to have the team play inspired ball for three-plus months of the year? Especially when that strong play was followed up by inertia from the front office and [...]