Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. When Noah Syndergaard and Justin Verlander - two pitchers who've essentially missed two seasons - each signed one-year contracts worth over $20 million, it seemed like we were going to see a huge premium for pitchers this offseason. Then Anthony DeSclafini, who [...]
Andy Martino had a list of managers Billy Eppler might be interested in and one of those was Buck Showalter. In his last season managing a team, the 2018 Baltimore Orioles, his squad went 47-115, which is 1962 Mets type of bad. But, Showalter also managed the Orioles to a 96-win season and it might [...]
Please use this thread all week to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. As everyone knows by now, former Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano died in his sleep at age 45. Feliciano was the ultimate LOOGY. In a stat line we hope never to see again, Feliciano appeared in 484 games in his MLB career [...]
Please use this thread to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. First off, apologies for no article yesterday. My back seized up on me and sitting upright in a chair just wasn't an option. As for the Mets, word came down that they were cutting ties with Zack Scott. Perhaps it was their only [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Here are the OPS numbers for Mets' hitters in the second half of the season: .921 - Pete Alonso (324 PA) .876 - Javier Baez (184) .813 - Francisco Lindor (158) .810 - Brandon Nimmo (260) .792 - Michael Conforto (274) .760 [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. In an open thread 11 months ago, my call was for Jeff Luhnow to be the new PoBO for the Mets. It still makes as much sense now as it did then. Perhaps even more. Now that the big three have all [...]
Please use this thread all week to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. We know all about the injuries the 2021 Mets suffered. But not all injuries are created equal. Obviously, there's the amount of time that they caused the player to miss. But even beyond that, it's how the injury impacted things even [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Everyone knows what a disappointing year that Michael Conforto had at the plate. Coming off a season where he posted a 158 wRC+, Conforto notched a 106 mark in the same category in 2021. But it was also the worst defensive season [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-related topic you wish. Last night in the Game Chatter, Name asked me about tendering a contract to arbitration-eligible Trevor Williams. He's been pretty good in a short sample for the Mets and FanGraphs listed him as having multiple options available so my response was a [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. It's been quite an in-season contrast for Francisco Lindor. First 187 PA - .178/.288/.261 with a .196 BABIP Last 295 PA - .266/.353/.492 with a .290 BABIP For his career, Lindor has a .279/.344/.478 line with a .293 BABIP. What we've seen [...]
Please use this thread all week long to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. Luis Rojas has three players for two positions, 3B and LF. Here are his choices: Player A - .298/.394/.458 Player B - .244/.314/.344 Player C - .261/.337/.445 Here are the triple slash numbers for our guys in the last 28 [...]
Please use this thread all week to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. It's been a tale of two months since Francisco Lindor returned from his IL stint. August was not very good, as he returned without a rehab stint and it showed. September has been a lot better. Here is the breakdown: Aug: [...]