The suspense ended quickly for the Mets in the draft lottery Tuesday evening. There were three teams that exceeded the second luxury tax threshold and would drop 10 spots in the draft if they didn’t finish in the top six. Along with the Mets, the Padres and the Yankees needed the ping pong balls to [...]
Some people think that because Steve Cohen is the wealthiest owner in MLB that he will continually run payrolls like he did in 2023. Maybe they’re right. Originally, the plan was to run high payrolls until the point where the farm system started producing players. Are we at that point yet? Is that still the [...]
This is the second time asking this question. The first time came prior to the 2015 season and we came up with 25 that had posted in the previous few months. The rule this time is that the site has had to have published since October 15th. Furthermore, let’s not include online versions of print [...]
"We sit here stranded Though we're all doing our best to deny it"
It’s tough to know what’s real and what isn’t. DJ Stewart looks like a keeper with the way he’s pounding the ball right now. But is this a good player or a mediocre one who just happens to be in the middle of a six-week hot streak? Anyone who claims to know is kidding themselves. [...]
Think back to Opening Day and what your thoughts were about the team and the upcoming season. Then, go to the Mets’ current 26-man roster, which you can find over at mets.com/roster and imagine what might go thru your late-March brain. Here are my thoughts: Pitchers Phil Bickford?!? – Guess he’s an option reliever who [...]
There’s an old saying that even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. If you’ve never heard that one before, it means that you can be incompetent and sometimes be right just by chance. If only that idiom applied to the Mets. With trades and such, they’ve had to promote a bunch [...]
The Mets have sent Tommy Pham to the Diamondbacks in exchange for shortstop Jeremy Rodriguez. A member of this year's international free agent class, Rodriguez was ranked 47th on MLB.com's list. Arizona signed him for a $1.25 million bonus. As a comparison, Mets' signee Cristopher Larez, also a shortstop, was ranked 43rd on the same [...]
It's official - the Mets are sellers. The club dealt its closer David Robertson to the division-rival Marlins in exchange for two minor leaguers late Thursday night. Coming to the Mets are 2B Marco Vargas and C Ronald Hernandez, with both of those players in short-season ball in the FCL with the Marlins prior to [...]
A classic - certainly not mine
Last Friday while attending a New York Mets game at Citi Field versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, I got the privilege of going in the Hyundai Club there. Through a friend of mine, who graciously gave me his season tickets to that game, I had access to the club as well. The Hyundai Club is [...]
My preseason projections anticipated drop-offs from Mark Canha and Eduardo Escobar. But the other players underperforming on the 2023 Mets were a surprise to me. Today, let’s look at the decline of Starling Marte, since arguably that’s the one that’s hurt the Mets the most. Last year, at age 33, Marte put up a 133 [...]