There was an ESPN piece published today ranking every World Series. It's posted in The Garden, if you haven't seen it yet. Anyway, it's a reminder that the Mets are 2-3 in five trips to the Series. If we asked a poll question about which was the best World Series, my guess is that it [...]
There are things that happened on the field in 2020 for the Mets that it would be nice to know who should be held accountable. Who thought it was a good idea to give Robert Gsellman a start when he had pitched one inning in the last 364 days? Who thought it was a good [...]
Nothing makes for a good manager quite like good players. The important thing for fans – and yes, the managers themselves – is to keep this thought in the front of their mind at all times. It brings to mind this famous quote by Bill James on Sparky Anderson: "He really believes he made a [...]
Yoenis Cespedes opting out of his contract opens up regular playing time in the lineup. And because Cespedes was playing DH, the Mets have many different ways they can look to fill his absence. They can also try to give his playing time to several different players. But it seems likely that they will land [...]
When the Mets made the disastrous trade for Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz, speculation was that the Mariners allowed them to protect two of their minor leaguers from being involved in the trade and that the Mets chose Pete Alonso and Andres Gimenez, their two top prospects closest to the majors. The Mariners ended up [...]
There seems to be a lot of momentum for the MLB season to get underway in early July with a schedule of around 80 games. Of course, we still don't know all of the details, including where the games will be played. One recent proposal was for games to be played in MLB parks right [...]
No one knows when/if the 2020 season will get underway. Maybe the only thing we can say with a high level of certainty is that we won't have a 162-game regular season this year. We haven't seen a truncated season since 1995 and that year teams still played 144 games. It wouldn't be a surprise [...]
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It's been an eventful offseason for the NL East. The Braves lost Josh Donaldson but gain Cole Hamels and Marcell Ozuna. The Nationals lost Anthony Rendon but bolstered their bullpen, which was such a sore spot last year. The Phillies added Zack Wheeler and Didi Gregorius. Even the Marlins got in on the act, signing [...]
News has surfaced once again that the Mets and Pirates have been engaged in talks for Starling Marte. MLB Network's Jon Heyman reported that the clubs have exchanged names. Much like people who write checks, the Marte rumors refuse to die. Marte turned 31 in October. He's put up 24.1 fWAR in his career, including [...]
The Omar Minaya Mets were heavy on stars but not so hot on depth. This stars and scrubs mixture worked pretty good when Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado were playing in 155 games a year. But it wasn't so hot once those guys got injured. The 2019 Mets looked to spread the wealth around a [...]
We're in the offseason, where people believe the Mets have an unlimited budget and other teams want to bend over backwards to trade us their best player. It's George Costanza saying he's figured out a way to get Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. and it won't cost that much. Nobody wants a repeat of [...]