Seeing Nolan Ryan on television all of the time these days and he's immediately thought of as part of the Rangers. But Ryan spent five or more years with four different clubs, pitching 100 games or more with each of them. In the history of MLB, only 211 players have played 2,000 or more games [...]
The Mets have never been known as a team that steals a lot of bases. Yet if you look at their year-by-year stolen base totals, you notice that eight of the top 10 Mets teams in stolen bases also finished above .500 for the season. On the surface that may not seem so meaningful, but [...]
I am a David Wright fan. But having said that, he is by no means untouchable and GM Sandy Alderson would be doing the Mets a disservice if he did not explore the trade market for Wright this offseason. The big question for the Mets is to determine what they think he is likely to [...]
1974 TOPPS HARRY PARKER I once had a Little League coach who called me “Dave.” He wasn't being clever, or even ironic. He was just enough of a baseball fan that when he saw “D. Parker” on his lineup card, the natural association was “Dave.” It must be told that I was not very Cobra-like, [...]
The two League Championship Series have just concluded and we’ll see a never-before matchup in the World Series. Texas-St. Louis offers a couple of fresh – and one most unlikely – faces on the national stage. This will be the first Series in recent memory in which both teams got there on the backs of [...]
Originally, I was very troubled about the news that the Mets would have a $100-$110 million payroll in 2012. But after running some numbers, I think it’s not going to be as big of a catastrophe as I originally thought, due to the presence of a number of players under team control. Don’t believe me? [...]
One of the wonderful things about baseball is how many people from all over the world play the game. MLB rosters have players from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, Columbia, Australia, Korea and others. Today's trivia question is: Can you name the 11 players on the Mets' all-time [...]
The 2011 Mets finished under .500 but they had an 88-game stretch where they played at a .568 clip (50-38). That got me wondering what the best stretch for wins in franchise history was for the Mets. Below is the list, with a minimum of 20 wins. Also, a team’s best percentage is taken during [...]
While, of course, the main objective for the Mets this offseason is resigning Jose Reyes, there are other avenues that Sandy Alderson will look to improve the Mets for the 2012 season. Alderson has an allotment of money to spend and most of it is earmarked for Reyes. If Reyes decides to skip town, Alderson [...]
One year ago one of the debates surrounding the Mets was what they should do with Angel Pagan (though, it was for extremely different reasons than the current debate). With Carlos Beltran also on the roster someone was going to have to move. Pagan was also coming off a career year, so you had to [...]
The big question involving the Mets 2011 roster as we transition to 2012 is whether or not to sign Jose Reyes. But there are many other questions which Sandy Alderson will have to answer either with a thumbs up or thumbs down for next year’s roster. Let’s take a look at how Alderson handled arbitration [...]
It’s always nice to have someone worse off than you. For the Mets, we can always say – at least we’re not the Dodgers. Sure, the Dodgers won more games in 2011 and have bigger stars on the major league roster. But their ownership is a disaster, players seem unsure if they want to be [...]