Next up in our projection series is Lucas Duda. When it comes to the Mets’ offense, Duda is the wild card. The team figures to get something from David Wright and something from Ike Davis, perhaps a combined 50 HR and 170 RBIs. But will Duda make it a trio of productive hitters for the [...]
Sometime this season, Mets fans can hope that a sign which reads “Oppo Taco” appears during a home game. That is Travis d’Arnaud’s personal phrase. In the 80s, we witnessed the “Ks” go up in the K Corner as Dwight Gooden struck out the competition. Prior to any of this was Karl Ehrhardt, aka: the [...]
Mighty Morphin’ Mets Sweep Marlins From Miami What a year it’s been Mets fans! Last night fans held their breath as Zack Wheeler tossed his third MLB game and won his first. Called up after the All-Star Break to replace the traded, Johan Santana, Wheeler struggled mightily against the Phillies giving up four runs in [...]
It’s not the guys with the big-money contracts but it’s still good to see actual baseball being played. You can get the full recap here. Winners: Jordany Valdespin – 2 for 3 with a HR and a SB Wilmer Flores – 1 for 2 with a HR and 4 RBI Zach Lutz – 2 for [...]
The Mets open up spring training with a game against the Nationals on Saturday, which will begin the turning of the wheels in the mind of manager Terry Collins. He’ll have his first look at his team in a game scenario and has a month to decide on the roster he will begin the regular [...]
The Mets are playing an intra-squad game today and MetsBlog posted the lineups for both sides. We are used to seeing stars not making road trips but apparently they do not play intra-squad games, either. No Wright, no Santana, no Tejada, no Duda. Not even a Buck to be found on either team. That’s okay, [...]
Next up in our projection series is Shaun Marcum. The Mets acquired Marcum on an incentive-laden deal, to replace R.A. Dickey in the rotation. No one expects Marcum to come close to Dickey’s 20 Wins or 233.2 IP or his 2.73 ERA, which is a good thing since Marcum has never done any of those [...]
With our site projections winding down, I wanted to revive a favorite piece of mine from last year and that is having fun with predictions (team leaders in most statistical categories) for the upcoming season. (For a refresher and primer, here is last year’s column. Some were on the mark and some were way off [...]
Despite having a terrible bullpen, last year at the All-Star break the Mets were 46-40. Shortly after the break, on July 14th, Dan Stack noted that the Mets “rank last in bullpen ERA (4.94), 28th in WHIP (1.48) and 27th in batting average against (.267).” The bullpen is one of the easiest areas to improve [...]
1994 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE KIRK PRESLEY 1994: The Year in Presley News Lisa Marie Presley married Michael Jackson on May 26, 1994. Which was just exactly as random and weird as it sounds. Lisa Marie and Michael appeared on a December 15 TV special titled “Elvis: The Tribute.” On this long-forgotten/misbegotten show, songs from the [...]
Just before Thanksgiving 2010, the Mets hired Terry Collins to shepherd the Mets into their new era. The talk at the time was based in GM Sandy Alderson’s history – apocryphal though it might be – of disdain for the position. There isn't a copy of Moneyball handy, but the quote was something about the [...]
Since the trade of R.A. Dickey earlier this off season, the buzz has been about sensational prospect Travis d'Arnaud. And why not? His potential is agreed to be limitless. Even to the point of being compared to a young Johnny Bench. While time will tell, the forgotten man in all of this is John Buck. [...]