In the 1970s, Mets announcers talked about how the club had never had a long-term solution at third base. But since that point the Mets have put Howard Johnson, Robin Ventura and David Wright at the hot corner and you do not hear that anymore. Now the problem has shifted to right field. Joe Barbieri [...]
"Jeff Francoeur was one of the most pleasant men to walk into a baseball clubhouse in my 15 years covering the sport, and I’m happy for him that he gets to take part in a pennant race. I just wish he would’ve taken a pitch or two while he was here. And, you know, hit [...]
The New York Mets and their fans have been asking a series of "What Ifs" over the last four years. What if the Mets bullpen could have backed promising young lefthander Oliver Perez in Game 7 of the National League Championship series in 2006? What if the Mets hadn’t lost a seven-game lead with 17 [...]
"Compared to last year, he's come a long, long way," said Mike Nickeas, the Mets catcher who caught Mejia in Double-A and Triple-A and was called up on Thursday to start as his batterymate Saturday. "I think his off-speed stuff for strikes has been tremendous this year, and his last four or five outings have [...]
The Mets have not had the same primary right fielder for more than two consecutive seasons since Darryl Strawberry patrolled that portion of Shea Stadium from 1983-90. With the recent trade of Jeff Francoeur, who has led the team in games played there each of the last two seasons, the Mets remain in search of [...]
"He was so impressive to me in batting practice that I want to see what he looks like," Manuel said. "Every ball that he hit, he hit on the barrel. It was a different sound than anybody that we had. It's a different life coming off that wood than I had heard in a long [...]
As expected, Jenrry Mejia will be making his return to the Mets on Saturday, as he will replace Pat Misch in the rotation and start against the Chicago Cubs. The question is how long will he stay there? Mejia, one of the Mets most prized pitching phenoms, will be making his first ever start with [...]
"Manuel is 190–198 in 2.5 seasons managing the Mets, who have looked totally disinterested during the last two months of this season. He was mostly a .500 manager with the White Sox too, short of one fantastic season. In his heart and mind, I truly believe Manuel expected this team to evolve and grow from [...]
Hi, my name is Mike and I’m a fan of the New York Mets. Thanks for the sympathy and no, I’m not a masochist. You don’t hear the words Met and fan together in the same sentence much these days, unless you’re consoling one of these rare creatures or trying to find a less appealing [...]
The 2005 draft has been very kind to the New York Mets. Five players selected that year have reached the major leagues; the seventh most of all National League clubs, but few of those clubs can match the impact of the Mets draftees: Mike Pelfrey (1st round), Jon Niese (2nd round), Bobby Parnell (9th round) [...]
"This possibility assumes Francoeur creates any kind of standard against which to measure other players. Since his impressive April, Francoeur has a .605 OPS. Rey Ordonez had 3 seasons as a Met in which he hit better than that. Lucas Duda, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Chris Carter, Jason Pridie, Val Pascucci, and a few choice corpses were [...]
Oliver Perez recently expressed an interest in returning to the Mets in 2011. Even though the team will have to pay him $12 million next year one way or another, they should tell Perez, "No thanks." Perez is in the second year of what has become an abomination of a contract for the Mets. Since [...]