The Mets’ first spring telecast from Port St. Lucie was this past Saturday (2/24). This was good news on several fronts. It pointed out that spring – the actual season, spring – is, indeed, on the way, that we here in the chilly Northeast will shortly be freed from this bleak midwinter. It evoked a [...]
The New York Mets took a chance nearly two years ago when they traded an established outfielder and clubhouse leader in Carlos Beltran. Beltran, who still ranks in the top ten in several offensive categories in Mets history, has recently stated that their gamble paid off. At the time, the experts proclaimed that the immediate [...]
“I gotta have more Cowgill!” Ok, now that that’s out of my system, I promise no more references to the famous SNL skit “I gotta have more cowbell!” with the great Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. Regardless, after the way Collin Cowgill has started his spring, the joke does have some merit. We really do [...]
Yesterday, we looked at the most combined wins in the same year for the Mets and Yankees so today we will look at the worst. No surprise that the 1960s are well represented but it might be a bit of a shock to you that 1962, when the Mets won only 40 games, did not [...]
Ah, spring training, when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of a great season to come. The team has provided you with new dress whites, a fresh stiff-brimmed cap, sharp blue spats-- the works. Maybe you'll hold on to your grungy nondenominational batting glove, which saw you through the previous season in good stead... [...]
Since 2009, the Mets have been very consistent, winning between 70 and 79 games each year. Meanwhile, the Yankees have been even slightly more consistent with a range of eight wins between their highest and lowest total over the past four seasons. While the Yankees have been good in this span, the Mets have not. [...]
This past off season was mired in small moves. The Mets didn't make the large splash everyone had hoped. Even GM Sandy Alderson admitted he had his eyes set on bigger fish but had to eventually resign himself to the fact that the current roster would have to suffice. Names like Justin Upton and Michael [...]
Over the course of Spring Training, we will be doing a series of articles where we analyze the Mets announcers (both current and former). Today we bring you the first article in the series: Gary, Keith and Ron. There are two categories of baseball broadcasters: Vin Scully and everyone else. In recent years, one television [...]
40-Man Prospects: Robert Carson LHRP – Carson has a reasonably good shot of making the roster as a lefty in the bullpen but he’s hardly alone in the field and could be slated to start the year in AAA with Josh Edgin and some of the veteran arms getting the nod. The key with Carson [...]
This will conclude the look at 2012’s contribution to the minutia of Met history with movements on various All-Time pitching lists Leafing through the 2012 Media Guides, sees Johan Santana being 3rd in all-time ERA (minimum 500 IP) as the only active Met on the leaderboards listed (well, with the exception of Bobby Parnell being [...]
This past week, rumors bounced around about the idea of trading utility-man Justin Turner. It was reported that the Mets would not necessarily shop around Turner, but that they would listen to any offers that came along. On the one hand, trading Turner would make sense for a multitude of reasons, however Turner does offer [...]
Three of the things that are quite obvious about the 2013 version of the New York Mets are that the outfield situation is not ideal (to put it nicely), they lack a true leadoff hitter, and they lack speed. As an extension of their lack of speed, they lack a real base-stealing threat. The Mets [...]
