Prior to the start of the 2014 season the perspective on Jonathon Niese was one of low expectations for many. This was partly due to the fact that Niese had some injury concerns in 2013 and had shown some regression statistically after having a breakthrough season in 2012. In 2013, Niese’s strikeout rate had decreased, [...]
Next up in our projection review series, let‘s look back at the surprisingly fine season turned in by Bartolo Colon. When Colon signed on in the off-season, he was counted on to replace a good chunk of the pitching production that was lost when Matt Harvey had to have his elbow surgically repaired. After a [...]
Next up in our projection review series, we’ll take a look at the forgotten man of the Mets, Eric Young, Jr. In spring training, Manager Terry Collins caused a small stir when he off-handedly mentioned that Young, Jr. – with his superlative speed -- would make an ideal lead-off hitter for a club that was [...]
At the beginning of the year, I wrote this piece, where I noted five of the more under-the-radar pitching prospects in the Mets system to keep an eye on in 2014. The players I identified were: Casey Meisner, Robert Whalen, Robert Gsellman, Chris Flexen and Marcos Molina. Now that the season has come to a [...]
Mets rookie backstop Travis d’Arnaud had somewhat of a split season. There was the season before and after his demotion to Las Vegas. Before, he hit a paltry .180/.271/.273. After, he hit .272/.319/.486 to finish on a strong note. It’s hard to call 2014 a wild success for d’Arnaud because of the slow start, but [...]
Next up in our projection review series, we’ll take a look at first base. When 2014 dawned, the situation was murky, to say the least. Projections could only be made based on strong opinion, rather than history. Nobody had any idea how much playing time was going to be doled out between the nominal incumbent [...]
Next up in our projection series is second baseman Daniel Murphy. Murphy had a very good year by his standards, which is to say a high average with some minor power and underrated speed. While both of those statistics went down for Murphy in 2014, he still made the All-Star team for the first time [...]
Next up in our projection review series is the captain, David Wright. Coming off of two MVP-caliber seasons in a row, Wright suffered through arguably the worst season of his career in 2014, with his numbers falling off across the board. Of course, Wright was dealing with a severe shoulder injury for a majority of [...]
Next up in our projection review series – just to see how we did and how wacky some of our projections were – is Juan Lagares. Lagares opened a lot of eyes in 2013 with his outstanding defense, but no one was quite sure what he would do with the bat. The least optimistic of [...]
Welcome to the start of our projection review series. We start off with free agent acquisition Curtis Granderson. Take a few moments to see the original piece we did. Our group projection was for the following line: PA – 607 AVG – .243 OBP – .325 SLG – .465 HR – 25 RBI – 82 [...]
In 2012, Matt Harvey came up and announced his presence with authority. Last year Zack Wheeler came up, dominated the Braves and by the end of the year had established himself as ready for prime time. These two may have created some unrealistic expectations for future rookies that the Mets promote. Right now we are [...]
In 2011, Jose Reyes led the league in batting for the Mets and was with another team the next year. In 2012, R.A. Dickey led the league in strikeouts and the next year he was on another team. In 2013, Eric Young Jr. led the league in stolen bases. While he will likely open the [...]