Last year, as justification of not pursuing either Bryce Harper or Manny Machado, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said, “I don’t know how many teams have two $30-million players.” In 2020 there are at least three. We have the defending World Series champion Nationals (Scherzer $35.9 and Strasburg ($35) and the 107-win Astros (Greinke $35 and [...]
When Dominic Smith made his MLB debut, he had trouble buying a hit (.218 BABIP) but hit for more power than we expected (.198 ISO) him to. The following year, his BABIP came up to .297 and his ISO remained stable, with a .196 mark. But his K rate was an unsightly 31.5%. Then this [...]
We know that Jacob deGrom is the only pitcher in Mets history to win back-to-back CY Awards. But does that mean he's put up the best two consecutive years in franchise history? Let's use fWAR to check. deGrom - 2018 (9.0) and 2019 (7.0) - 16 fWAR Dwight Gooden - 1984 (8.3) and 1985 (8.9) [...]
At the risk of jinxing him, Pete Alonso will be named Rookie of the Year later today. He joins five previous Mets to win the award. They are: Tom Seaver, 1967 Jon Matlack, 1972 Darryl Strawberry, 1983 Dwight Gooden, 1984 Jacob deGrom, 2014 After going 30 years between award winners Gooden and deGrom, it's nice [...]
We all want our manager to put people into a position to succeed. That's the whole theory behind the LOOGY or platooning or having a closer. So, if it's a good idea for players, can it be applied in other ways for a baseball team? Supposedly, Carlos Beltran indicated that he wanted Terry Collins as [...]
So, Pat Murphy is the Mets' "bombshell" managerial candidate. Not sure who would have qualified in my mind as bombshell material - but pretty sure Mr. Murphy isn't anything close to what was dancing in my head. So, started muttering to myself - Why did they choose the word bombshell to describe this previously unknown [...]
Back in 2016, the Mets struggled so much with RISP, having the worst numbers since the expansion Padres in 1969 through most of the season. Their strong kick which allowed them to make the playoffs happened as they started performing well in the category the final month of the year. We didn't talk much about [...]
The Mets had 11 players with 197 or more PA in 2019, compared to 13 in both 2018 and 2017. And the player with the 12th-most PA in the just-completed season checked in with 151. In the two previous seasons, the 15th-most was 187. More PA went to the guys we hoped would get them [...]
During Spring Training the debate was whether the Mets should keep Pete Alonso down for three weeks to gain the extra year of control. My position then was that if the Mets determine that he's one of their best 25 guys, then he should make the Opening Day roster. Now, that's not to say my [...]
Today could be the last start that Zack Wheeler makes for the Mets. If so, it's fitting that it will be against the Marlins, the team that he's done his best work against. Lifetime, Wheeler is 7-2 with a 1.77 ERA against Miami. In his last six games against the Marlins, Wheeler is 5-1 with [...]
Since his five game hot streak in mid-August - and someone please tell Gary Cohen that it was five games and not two weeks - Juan Lagares has a .194 AVG and a .657 OPS over 28 games and 68 PA. He's definitely shown some power, with 4 2B and 3 HR in this stretch, [...]
Here are the remaining schedules for the top five teams in the NL Wild Card hunt: WSN - 3 @ Miami, 5 vs. Philadelphia, 3 vs. Cleveland MIL - 1 vs. San Diego, 3 vs. Pittsburgh, 3 @ Cincy, 3 @ Colorado CHC - 4 vs. St Louis, 3 @ Pittsburgh, 3 @ St. Louis [...]