Mets Radar: Tradeable prospects from contending teams

AL East: Boston Red Sox Biggest Need: Closer – Bobby Parnell would be a hard guy to let go for the Mets who have said they would need to be overwhelmed to make a deal.  The prospect I’d expect to be offered is below and I don’t think that would be enough.  If the Red [...]

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Parallel Earth: Mets make play for Willie McCovey

Recently an eBay auction for a “unique” collectable caught my attention.  The opening price was only about 4 bucks for an 8x10 mockup of Willie McCovey’s 1968 Topps baseball card.  Only instead of the Giant road greys, Stretch was seen in vintage Met road greys (which is slightly odd considering the photo on the card [...]

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Was Keith Hernandez right calling Friday a well-managed game?

The Mets lost a tough one in extra innings Friday night against the Pirates. As the game was wrapping up, Keith Hernandez, much like he did earlier in the game, talked about how it was well-managed on both sides. Let’s ignore the Pirates and focus only on the Mets. What exactly was it that made [...]

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