Greg Vaughn hit 355 home run in his major league career, including 11 against the New York Mets. He was a four-time All-Star and surpassed 30 home runs four times in his 15-year career. His son Cory has one spring training homer for the Mets, but New York hopes that he'll hit a lot more [...]
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If we polled 100 Mets fans and asked them to name their favorite player, the top two responses would undoubtedly be Jose Reyes and David Wright. Those two players came up through the Mets farm system and are dynamic players capable of doing a bunch of different things on the baseball field. The perception is [...]
After four months without MLB, Spring Training is always a welcome sight. Even though the teams never have full lineups, the pitchers rarely throw at peak form and managers make moves they never would during the season – we can’t help but to look at the stats and look at things that jump out. There [...]
Following up on yesterday’s piece asking if the Mets need a LOOGY, I decided that we needed to see what these lefty relievers contributed, both overall and then broken down versus LHB and RHB, to determine what others have gotten from these guys. The first thing I did was do a Play Index search at [...]
Another day, another scoreless inning for Tim Byrdak. So far this Spring, Byrdak has appeared in five games and has 5.1 scoreless IP. Yesterday he even picked up the save, although save chances will probably be non-existent for whoever earns the LOOGY job out of the Mets pen. Byrdak signed a minor league contract with [...]
New York Mets GM, Sandy Alderson, spoke with Kevin Burkhardt of SNY about the release of Luis Castillo. He made some interesting comments, one being on what helped to factor in the decision: Bad blood between fans and Castillo. When Burkhardt spoke to Gary Apple on SNY he had this to say on what factored [...]
Assuredly you have read the news that this is a lost season for the New York Mets? With Cliff Lee signing with Philadelphia, the Phillies have all but locked up the N.L. East. And with Johan Santana missing most, if not all of 2011, Carlos Beltran limping around on two balky knees, and the Mets [...]
I love being a Met fan. I love the ups (infrequent) and downs (all too familiar) of remaining true to the orange-and-blue. I’m fierce in my defense of them against all enemies, Bronxian, Cheesesteakesque, Fishy or otherwise. I enjoy hawking over them every day from March through October. Well, the BEGINNING of October, anyway. I [...]
The New York Mets ailing right fielder was the center of a spirited debate during Tuesday’s live chat. What is the future of Carlos Beltran, and does it involve hanging up his glove forever? Beltran grew up a fantastic athlete with a passion for multiple sports, including volleyball. At the advice of his father, he [...]
Chris Young had another strong outing, going 5.1 IP and allowing just one run Tuesday night versus the Nationals. So far this Spring, Young has a team-leading 14.1 IP and a squad-best 1.88 ERA and has locked down the team’s fourth starter’s job. Young has allowed 3 BB and 2 HR this Spring and has [...]
1974 TOPPS BOB APODACA ERROR I’m in medical publishing, so I know a thing or two about printing errors. I recall running a cover once that referred to “resluts” instead of “results.” And we all know that it is bad enough to slut once. But to reslut? This was such a signal mistake that we [...]