After years of watching Daniel Murphy at 2B, Mets fans will have to get used to someone else manning second base in 2016. The club brought in Neil Walker to fill the bill. And while the fans won’t have immediate familiarity with Walker, they will still find his game similar to what they’re used to. [...]
Jacob deGrom stared down the sophomore slump last year and laughed, showing his rookie success was not a fleeting thing. He made the All-Star team, pitched more innings than he did in his Rookie of the Year campaign and had both a lower ERA and a lower WHIP than in his standout debut. He stumbled [...]
To date, the Mets have spent more money this offseason on Asdrubal Cabrera than any other acquisition, which in a sense makes him the most important addition to the team. The hope is that he will provide steady defense and a plus bat for the position. No one is expecting him to be a star. [...]
On one hand we have David Wright, the homegrown star that we’ve watched every day of his MLB career. He’s the star who does it the classy way, never running his mouth or running down opponents. Wright is the guy you want your hero to be. On the other hand, we have a guy on [...]
Welcome to our annual projection series, now getting ready to start its fourth season with a look at Matt Harvey. It was a magical year for the Mets in 2015. Sure, sure we all wish it ended with a World Series win. But having said that every single one of us would have signed on [...]
Last offseason, all we heard was how Jon Niese was damaged goods, that he had no trade value and that he would wind up on the disabled list sooner rather than later. Niese stayed off the DL but his season was uneven at best and by the end of the year he was relegated to [...]
Jacob deGrom had a wonderful, seemingly out-of-nowhere season in 2014, one that earned him Rookie of the Year honors. He finished the year with a tremendous kick, prompting some to consider him the team’s ace. Still, given that he was not highly-touted coming into the year, some thought he was due for some regression. With [...]
All of us were excited that Matt Harvey was returning to the mound in 2016 but none of us were sure what to expect. And Harvey ended up with a fantastic return, PR nightmare aside. But that was far from a given before the start of Spring Training. With that in mind, check in on [...]
The Mets went all-in on Michael Cuddyer, signing him to a multi-year deal and surrendering a first-round pick. It was a bad decision at the time and one that only looks worse after watching him up close for a year. With that in mind, check in on our original piece to see what we thought [...]
In April of this year, the Mets signed Juan Lagares to a five-year deal with an option. It was quite a change from a year previously when Chris Young was brought in for insurance. The insurance route turned out to be a disaster and the “all eggs in the Lagares basket” didn’t work out exactly [...]
Next up in our projection series is Curtis Granderson. The Mets’ big free agent signing prior to the 2014 season, Granderson was a disappointment in the first year of his four-year contract. But Granderson was actually pretty good for two-thirds of the year. He had a miserable April and August wasn’t much better. So, check [...]
Next up in our projection series is Wilmer Flores. Perhaps no player was more polarizing than Flores and our individual projections are a good indication of this. Take a minute to review our original projection for Flores prior to the 2015 season. Here was our group forecast: PA – 484 AVG – .265 OBP – [...]