After finalizing the R.A. Dickey trade earlier in the week with the Blue Jays-which brought in uber prospects Travis d’Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard-the Mets will now look to continue its facelift this offseason by addressing other needs-most notably the outfield. So, where do the Mets turn to now? How do they go about upgrading the [...]
It was not so long ago when the Mets had an impressive major league roster but their list of minor league prospects left a lot to be desired. Now, in late 2012 after the trade of R.A. Dickey, the model has been flipped on its head. Despite having two of last year’s top five prospects [...]
1989 TOPPS/LJN RANDY MYERS On this date in 1989, “We Didn't Start the Fire” by Billy Joel was in its second week at the top of the Billboard charts, having supplanted Milli Vanilli's “Blame It on the Rain” at the number one spot. Christmas 1989 was to see “Another Day in Paradise” become Phil Collins' [...]
Build a new foundation now, or keep up with “Proven Crap?” That does seem to be the eternal debate when it comes to Met fandom in midst of horrendous down years. It was heard during the down fall of the Worst Team That Money Can Buy run, it was heard after the spending spree of [...]
Fare thee well, R.A. Dickey. You were a terrific pitcher while you were here, and are an even better human being wherever you are. We, the fan base of the New York Mets wish you nothing but success in the jungle that is the AL East, especially against your new ultimate rivals, the New York [...]
The Mets and Blue Jays have come to terms on a swap of players that has some people worrying about the future of the Mets. After all… the Mets traded a bevy of prospects for Johan Santana. The Mets, you will recall, traded: Carlos Gomez, Phillip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey for the Cy [...]
Fox Sports is reporting that the Mets and Blue Jays have agreed to a deal that will send R.A. Dickey to Toronto, pending the Blue Jays being able to work out an extension with the knuckleball pitcher. Toronto has 72 hours, or until 2:00 PM Tuesday to sign Dickey. Earlier reports had Dickey as part [...]
On Saturday the Mets and Blue Jays put into place the framework of a deal that would send Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey to Toronto. While the deal could still fall apart at any time – it looks like it will be in the following form: Mets trade Dickey, Josh Thole and a minor [...]
Saturday was surreal. It was weird enough to refresh Mets Blog and Twitter every 10 minutes for 12 hours but even stranger was the column posted by the New York Post’s Ken Davidoff, which to the average reader amounted to nothing more than a hatchet job on R.A. Dickey. If on Friday you asked me [...]
Zack Wheeler, RHP Gavin Cecchini, SS Brandon Nimmo, OF Luis Mateo, RHP Rafael Montero, RHP Wilmer Flores, 3B/2B Michael Fulmer, RHP Jeurys Familia, RHP Domingo Tapia, RHP Cory Mazzoni, RHP While nobody on the top 10 is surprising by their presence alone, the order that Baseball America chose to rank them is interesting. Let’s look [...]
Surely all of you have heard the news of Josh Hamilton signing a lucrative five-year deal (worth approximately $125 million) with the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. It's a move that is sending shock waves through the league.The Angels are making a strong push to make a run at the World Series while also tossing [...]
I think most Met fans are tired of the saga of R.A. Dickey. I know that I am. I fully agree with the reports that once Hamilton signs (hopefully with Texas) the Mets and their potential dance partners will have a better idea of the scope of the dance floor. (Trade Floor) The most likely [...]