With Jonathon Niese going on the disabled list, the Mets’ decision on which pitcher to drop from the rotation was delayed. That’s good news for Jeremy Hefner and Shaun Marcum, the two leading candidates to be removed. Let’s take a minute to look at the pros and cons for Hefner remaining a starter, if and [...]
If you asked a random baseball fan from Atlanta or DC or Philadelphia what was wrong with the Mets, undoubtedly one of the first things they would bring up would be the awful bullpen. After watching the Braves’ telecasts of the just-concluded five-game series, I lost count of how many times their announcers talked about [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday’s ninth inning was remarkable, unfortunately not in a good way for the Mets. Has anyone ever seen runs score because a first baseman chose not to field a ground ball? And if that wasn’t enough, more runs scored when a broken-bat hit blooped over Ruben Tejada’s head. Three runs scored because of circumstances that [...]
It’s always tough to lose but the way the Mets have been defeated the past two nights approaches soul-crushing territory. Two nights ago it was lose the lead in the ninth, take the lead in the 15th and lose the game in the bottom of the inning. Last night it was take a shutout into [...]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Anyone looking for proof of this cliché needs to look no further than Ike Davis’ approach when he gets to two strikes. Last August I wrote that the Mets should give Davis the take sign when he gets to 0-2 and only allow him to [...]
When I was a kid, I loved to watch the game show “Match Game.” Because the celebrities drank while they taped the show – host Gene Rayburn would always say, “Friday’s show tends to be a little wild!” because by then they had all knocked back several shots – it had a free-wheeling vibe that [...]
After 10 games this season, Ike Davis has a .128/.244/.205 slash line. Those who want to focus on the positive will point out that he’s doing an excellent job with a 13.3 BB/9 and how nobody can look good when they possess a .154 BABIP, which will certainly go up in the weeks and months [...]
Yesterday, we looked at the most combined wins in the same year for the Mets and Yankees so today we will look at the worst. No surprise that the 1960s are well represented but it might be a bit of a shock to you that 1962, when the Mets won only 40 games, did not [...]
Since 2009, the Mets have been very consistent, winning between 70 and 79 games each year. Meanwhile, the Yankees have been even slightly more consistent with a range of eight wins between their highest and lowest total over the past four seasons. While the Yankees have been good in this span, the Mets have not. [...]
After last year’s debacle, there’s a lot of concern about the 2013 bullpen. It seem like the Mets have signed 20 relievers with an NRI, hoping to get lucky with one or two of them. Since relievers are so volatile from year to year, this approach has at least as much chance of success as [...]
Some numbers roll off the tongue. Even though they may no longer be records, 714, 61, 511 and 56 all mean something specific to baseball fans. There’s an aura and mystique there unlike in any other sport. For the Mets, .340 is probably the number that stands out for me. I’m sure others will have [...]