Using a heavy dose of spreadsheets and formulas I’m going to be reviewing the top prospects for the Mets. You do need to understand that I am not going to be placing a players peak on the moon, but rather using their draft position and age to show the window of how successful they might [...]
Thursday we learned that the Mets signed Shaun Marcum to a one-year deal and today we learned the terms – one year, $4 million plus up to two million in incentives. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence but FanGraphs lists Marcum’s 2012 season – 124 IP, 3.70 ERA – as being worth $6.2 million dollars. There’s [...]
Since Matt Harvey was promoted last year, all of the hype in the Mets' farm system has been around Zack Wheeler. Then, after the big trade with Toronto, suddenly prospect hounds for the Mets had three new promising guys to focus on in addition to Wheeler. So a player who could be experiencing some buzz [...]
Welcome to the second edition of the Mets360 projection series. After discussing Ike Davis last time out, this time we turn our attention to Jonathon Niese. Last time, I mentioned how none of us have a detailed projection system and that instead this is just how we feel the player is going to turn out. [...]
One the Mets' most pressing needs are that of a legitimate leadoff hitter and centerfielder. So then it would make perfect sense for the Mets to make a run at signing Braves free-agent Michael Bourn. Obviously, the Mets have to upgrade the outfield if they want to piece together a somewhat competitive team in 2013. [...]
Retired numbers and putting people into whatever Hall of Fame, Walk of Fame, Monument Park or whatever a team honors it’s past performers can be a bit of an interesting topic. In several situations numbers are not retired until the player in question has taken his rightful place in Cooperstown, for example, with the exception [...]
1990 DONRUSS AQUEOUS TEST BOB OJEDA The 1990 Donruss set committed the dual sins of being both ugly and overproduced. Truth be told, Donruss had been on the road to this set for years. After reaching the Platonic ideal of Donrussness with their 1984 set, the company began cranking up the printing presses each year [...]
Did you hear about the team in New York that won’t spend any money despite being in the nation’s number one market? Boy are their fans ticked off about it, too. It wasn’t too long ago that they were a financial powerhouse and now they are afraid to go into the free agent market for [...]
January 21, 2006- After a tumultuous relationship with the New York media and the Mets. Anna Benson, and husband Kris are traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine. While Kris Benson posted a meager 4.13 ERA with a 10-8 record, his wife, Anna repeatedly captured the headlines of the back page [...]
“There’s been a lot of talk about our OF. I want fans to know I'm in serious discussions with several OF’s I met on the internet.” -Mets GM Sandy Alderson, January 19, 2013 If there has been one pleasant surprise about Sandy Alderson’s tenure with the Mets, it has been his ability to turn a [...]
As the "Minor League Guy" in these parts the 2013 season is actually pretty exciting for a fan like me. Sure it is important for the big league club to win games but I am going to be equally (potentially more) involved with the progress of prospects. Though it is true that one has to [...]
Mets MLB.com beat writer Anthony DiComo, on his Mets Cetera blog, has up a projected Opening Day roster. DiComo notes, “this is an exercise in futility: we will only consider players who are currently under team control, even though the Mets are likely to add at least one starting pitcher, reliever and perhaps outfielder before [...]