Game Chatter: Jeremy Hefner vs. Michael Wacha (6/11/13)

The lineup has been posted and sure enough, Lucas Duda is still in LF, Daniel Murphy is over at 1B and Jordany Valdespin is leading off and playing 2B.  Because any time you can get a guy with a lifetime .289 OBP into the first slot in the order, you jump at the chance </face [...]

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Mets With Money To Spend in 2014? Extend Matt Harvey

It took the Mets thirty innings, ten hours and one rainout to lose two more games to the Miami Marlins over the weekend. That makes five straight losses to Miami, over successive weekends. Let that sink in for a minute. The Miami. Marlins. The Marlins, who have won just 18 of their 63 games. The [...]

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Dominic Smith and the rest of the 2013 Mets draftees

With 40 Rounds and the Mets selecting players between 11th overall and 1196th overall, the draft can seem daunting.  This is a cheat sheet for Met fans who want to know about their draft picks without doing hours of research. 11th: Dominic Smith Position – He’s a solid first baseman and could be the first [...]

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Will Mets really blow chance to move Lucas Duda to 1B?

The following story is respectfully offered for your consideration. It concerns two people—Ike Davis and Lucas Duda —but they are from another galaxy and another time. They live quite simply in the Twilight Zone. Okay so they’re not from another galaxy and another time. But after hearing Sandy Alderson’s comments on WFAN Monday, it’s quite [...]

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