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 [...]
David Groveman made an interesting observation, in that the total dollars owed David Price and Robinson Cano are very similar. Price is owed $96 million the next three seasons, while Cano is owed $96 million over four years, not counting the $15 million offset from Seattle. Could those two be the starting point for a [...]
The Mets used to have one of the top payrolls in the game. Since the Bernie Madoff mess, the payroll has not been nearly that high. The last three years, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts, the Opening Day payroll has been in the $150 million range, with last year's $158,652,231 being the highest raw dollar [...]
Firing a manager is the easy, if necessary, part. Now the question is: Who do the Mets get to fill the vacancy? It's another test for Brodie Van Wagenen. He failed the "big trade" test but seemed to hit a home run in his first MLB draft. How he does here may go a long [...]
Back-to-back sub-.500 seasons can't dampen the enthusiasm of a new season. And not only do we have the hope of Spring, there are exciting new players and a brand new contract extension for Jacob deGrom, too. So, how excited are you? What kind of year do you predict for the Mets?