A nice look at Matt Harvey before he became The Dark Knight.
In all, the Mets are figuring on a 500,000 increase in attendance. Using the same factors from above, and adding an extra 4% for ticket price increases, it would appear as though the Mets could reasonably expected to earn another $21 million in ticket sales. Adding in increased money for sponsorships and money for concessions [...]
More walking than wounded
Can Cespedes hack it in the middle of the OF?
Someone should get Keith Hernandez' take on this...
A fascinating new article was published today at FanGraphs. Written by NEIFI Analytics, it talks about the nature of statistics in MLB today. What makes it so interesting is that NEIFI is a group that has worked within the sport, producing some of the proprietary systems not readily available to those of us outside the [...]
The 2016 ZiPS forecasts for the Mets dropped today
That's Hall of Famer Mike Piazza, thank you!
"Paul completely reorganized the Mets; scouting and player-development functions and had an extraordinary impact in both areas, but he was also very directly involved in our trade and free-agent acquisitions," Mets GM Sandy Alderson said. "His commitment to excellence and his passion for innovation will be missed by the Mets and all of baseball. I [...]
"In the days before Conforto, Johnson, Uribe and Cespedes were on the team, the young core of homegrown starting pitchers combined to start 51 of the club's 96 games. The Mets had a 29-22 record in those games, for a .569 winning percentage. The team did not fare as well when the other starters were [...]
"The new ownership announcement spells out, even in general terms, a future for the Double-A franchise's presence in Binghamton. In May, a lawsuit between the Binghamton Mets owners and a Florida group trying to buy the Double-A franchise ended with general terms on an agreement, but details were kept kept private until the parties could [...]
If you ask Mets fans how they feel about the next three-to-five years, most would be optimistic. It's not in any way an unreasonable position to take. But things don't always work out the way they're supposed to in real life. Angels fan Matt Welch points out how things can go off the rails: "The [...]