Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. The Mets have played 31 games - 17 on the road and 14 at home. Six of those 17 road games have been in Philadelphia, which historically has been a great park for hitters. Three more in Arizona - another good park [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. For years we heard about how the Mets were too reliant on the HR and how they chose to punt defense in an effort to get better bats in the lineup. And it's funny to consider that it's their rivals that are [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. You probably know that Tomas Nido has been the personal catcher of Max Scherzer. You may not realize he's been that for Carlos Carrasco, too. The only other start for Nido has been the Trevor Williams debacle. Meanwhile, James McCann has caught [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Buck Showalter is giving all of his hitters a chance here in the early going. Let's see how that compares to the three previous managers to hand the umpire a lineup card in April in their first (or second) year at the [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. On Opening Day, Tylor Megill squared off against Patrick Corbin, with Megill winning the head-to-head battle. Each pitcher has pitched a second game and while they did not square off a second time, Megill still pitched better. It's got to be particularly [...]
Please use this thread to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. In Sunday's top 50 prospects column, one of the players mentioned was Colin Holderman, a reliever with good stuff who's been dogged with injuries. Holderman got into Tuesday's blowout game against the Nationals and the Washington announcers almost immediately talked about how he was [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. There's no doubt that Spring Training stats don't matter for veteran hitters. Still, it's always nice to see guys get off to great starts. And if given a choice, you'd likely pick guys you were worried about to have hot Springs. Pete [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. MLB announced that there would be 28-man rosters for the month of April. The Mets have several different ways they could use these two extra spots, besides the default of just adding extra relievers. They could: Carry a third catcher given the [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Those of you who follow the NBA know that New York City has an ordinance which has kept Kyrie Irving from appearing in home games for the Nets this year since he chooses not to get the vaccine. This was probably a [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. The players and owners had another marathon bargaining session that lasted into Wednesday morning and more progress was made. The owners upped their CBT proposal to $230 million, with increases to $242 million by the end of the five-year deal. However, that [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. So, the players rejected the owners' "last, best offer." For posterity, here's where the two sides are on some key issues: MLB proposed raising the tax threshold from $210 million to $220 million in each of the next three seasons, $224 million [...]
Please use this thread all week to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. We all do dumb things. The greybeards among us are fortunate that the internet wasn't around to capture our dumb things for the whole world to see. According to SNY, Marcus Stroman tweeted the following but has since deleted it. "Just [...]