Mets Minors: Building from the bottom up – Vicente Lupo

Vicente Lupo:  I don’t like putting a prospect so far down in the pipeline so high on my list but… I’m gonna do it anyway.  For some pundits Lupo, who hasn’t played above the DSL, doesn’t make the Top 40 prospects and I have him in the top 10.  Are they over-cautious?  Am I over [...]

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Citi Field’s First Event: Stephen Strasburg vs. Matt Harvey

In the winter of 1925, a couple of New York hustlers approached noted Wall Street broker and bookmaker – a legitimate profession back then – Tim Mara, looking for an investor. They had an idea of starting a new team in the fledgling National Football League. When Mara inquired as to the amount of his [...]

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Ruben Tejada’s struggles in the field are troubling

While we were worried about his hitting in Spring Training, the last thing we thought we’d have to worry about from Ruben Tejada was his defense. Well, after an abysmal start defensively, Tejada (six errors thus far) is causing a lot of headaches for a Mets’ team with little margin for error. Tejada has been [...]

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