What type of trade is Sandy Alderson going to make?

After the double-header sweep yesterday, including the fantastic debut of Zack Wheeler, the future of the Mets starting rotation is well under way. Now, it seems that Sandy Alderson’s focus is on retooling this lineup that has had its share of struggles. Late last night, news broke that the Mets had traded Collin McHugh to [...]

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A look at Terry Collins and the eighth inning of G1 Tuesday

Tuesday was a great day for the Mets. A doubleheader sweep over the hated Braves would be enough to make that statement true, but the fact that it came at Turner Field hours after an excruciating loss on a walk-off HR in the bottom of the ninth inning made it all the better. And on [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: Mystery Met Episode 4

We're nothing but a long nap away from summer at this point, so I'm going to give you a tough one to ponder whilst you sip your lemonade/roll hoops/catch dragonflies/cavort in fire hydrants. First person in the comments to name the Mets player pictured here wins a sweet PSA 7 1969 Topps Dan Frisella. Jump [...]

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Mets make right decision by moving Lucas Duda to first base

Monday afternoon MetsBlog had an “Ask the Booth” section where it invited readers to submit a question for the SNY announcers to read on the air and answer. Here was my submission: Question: Why do the Mets keep Lucas Duda in the OF when he is terrible defensively there? If it's to keep from hurting [...]

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2013 has been a step in the right direction for the Mets

If you are a listener of sports talk radio, it has been impossible over the past week to listen and not hear some host and/or caller mock Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson for telling fans to be patient. The formula is simple; cite some play or statistic that shows how dreadful the Mets have been [...]

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Mets Minors: Finding a reason for Wilmer Flores

The Mets' offense is bad.  They just don’t score a lot of runs… face it, they don’t score a little runs too often.  With not much offense coming from anyone not named David Wright or Daniel Murphy, I think I have the solution: It is time to bring Wilmer Flores up. Wilmer Flores is hitting [...]

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Has 2013 been a step back for the Mets’ young core?

Before the 2013 season started, most Mets fans were quite aware that the team would not be competitive. Many were perfectly willing to take another year of losing baseball if it meant that the team was moving toward eventual perennial competitiveness. What's another losing season if it meant that the team's top prospects were inching [...]

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Greg Burke gets foffed, electric Matt Harvey and the rotten offense

It was no surprise that the Mets were going to face some decisions in regards to their roster in the very near future. A spot needed to be cleared for Zack Wheeler and also the returns of Scott Atchison and Pedro Feliciano seemed to be fast approaching. And to make matters worse, Carlos Torres, who [...]

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How will Terry Collins be remembered?

Where does Terry Collins rank in comparison to other managers of the New York Mets? When Collins reign is over, what will his legacy be? There have been twenty managers of the Mets.  Davey Johnson managed more games (at 1,012) than anyone, followed closely by Bobby Valentine (at 1,003). Collins has managed 383 games (when [...]

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