Many people are baffled by why the Mets are shopping/listening to offers for Jonathon Niese. Last night the reason should have become crystal clear. The Padres traded Mat Latos to the Reds and received four players who all have a chance to be contributors on a pennant-winning team. The popular perception is that Latos is [...]
Last year I was a reserve for the Mets used primarily as a PH against LHP although I did get 25 starts. When I was a starter, 23 of 25 times it was against a southpaw. But if you look at my splits, I had an .886 OPS against RHP, including a team-high .373 ISO [...]
When the 2011 season ended, the Mets seemed to have their outfield for the following season all set. The starters appeared to be Jason Bay, Lucas Duda and Angel Pagan while the reserves figured to be Nick Evans and Jason Pridie. Evans finally seemed ready to take up a permanent spot on the club, after [...]
It’s been about two weeks since Jose Reyes left for greener pastures by bolting the Mets franchise for the beaches of Miami and of course a lucrative $106 million dollar contract. Some Mets fans are not over his departure. Some may never get over it. The pain of losing a crowd-pleasing home-grown player can’t be [...]
I’ve never been the guy to rant and rave about the Wilpons and how they should sell the team and that they are killing the Mets. I don’t even mind right now that they let Jose Reyes walk and that they are re-building, even though the front office won’t admit to it. But there is [...]
2011 TOPPS TOM SEAVER DIAMOND DIE CUT Topps created these die-cut, refractive, absurdly thick cards as part of its 2011 Diamond Anniversary celebration. They could be obtained by redeeming code cards found in packs. I was not fortunate enough to unlock this card with any of my codes, but I did amass a large enough [...]
Apart from being a Mets fan, I’m a baseball fan. I like to keep abreast of the goings-on of other teams and – as shocking as this may seem – I like to see what fans of other teams think about our club in Flushing. I’m also a fan of good writing. All this is [...]
If you ask most Mets fans if they are more worried about the hitting or the pitching for the 2012 team, they’ll say the pitching. And now that the Winter Meetings are over, if you ask fans if they’re more worried about the starters or the relievers, the answer will likely be the starters. So [...]
Yesterday we learned that the Dodgers wanted to acquire Daniel Murphy from the Mets during the Winter Meetings but the trade never materialized because the Dodgers' trading partner “satisfied its need elsewhere.” The Mets acquired a defensive-first outfielder and three relief pitchers during the Winter Meetings. So, who were the Dodgers offering for Murphy? Tony [...]
Recently over at his MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com Toby Hyde made an interesting age-based comparison when he matched up Cesar Puello and Carlos Beltran. Hyde pointed out that they were both playing center field in Hi-A at age 20 and both put up mediocre stat lines. Here are their respective numbers: Beltran - .229/.311/.363 Puello - .259/.310/.397 The [...]
The Mets moved quickly and decisively to address their bullpen at the Winter Meetings, adding relievers Frank Francisco, Ramon Ramirez and Jon Rauch. Earlier, Sandy Alderson indicated that picking up a closer was a top priority and it would not be a surprise if all three of the new relievers were given a chance to [...]
The Mets sure seem to be evolving and becoming a thoroughly different team under the watch of Sandy Alderson. An era of Mets baseball ended, when on late Sunday Jose Reyes decided to take his talents to South Beach and sign a lucrative deal with the Miami Marlins. Then, late Tuesday night the Mets said [...]