Earlier today, Scott Ferguson wrote an article championing Eric Young as one of the best options around to be the Mets’ leadoff hitter in 2014. In the article he came up with a stat – Scoring Position Percentage – that showed Young to be among the best in the game at getting himself in scoring [...]
Most of the discussion around the blogging world since the Mets season has ended has mostly surrounded corner outfielders and shortstops (with a sprinkling of first base thrown in). This is for good reason as the Mets have needs in both of those areas. The outfield discussion has been all around acquiring power hitters for [...]
Yesterday Jeff Wilpon made some comments about the upcoming offseason and the future of Mets baseball. What he said was nothing new and only added to the uncertainty over what this offseason will bring. He listed David Wright, Zack Wheeler, Dillon Gee and Jon Niese as the only players that are “locks” for the 2014 [...]
On September 29, 2013, the Mets entered catcher Mike Piazza into the Mets Hall of Fame Museum. Piazza is currently a Cooperstown Hall of Fame candidate and will be trying to be a second ballot Hall of Fame inductee this upcoming vote. He is also regarded as the greatest hitting catcher of all time, and [...]
Casinos Floors, Baseball Diamonds, and Playing Your Cards Right The Mets’ bid for a strong comeback Any given game – no matter which field – has the same principle behind it: play to learn, play to win. Granted, some games are tougher to grind than others, especially those that seem to hinge on the sheer [...]
Tom Glavine's got wood.
August 26th 2013 was a day that is unfortunately making every Met fan look forward to 2015. Now just hold on. Why are we putting off plans that were made when Zack Wheeler was dominating - that 2014 was the year to dominate? Did the Cardinals give up when Adam Wainwright went down, or years [...]
Your intrepid columnist has been having a lively Facebook debate over the past couple of days with some True New York Mets fans who are decrying the fact that the Mets could have had Michael Wacha – starting in a do-or-die World Series game 6 for the Cardinals tomorrow night – in the 2012 amateur [...]
Cory Vaughn: .244/.320/.400, Vaughn is averaging over a strikeout per game, which is pretty much par for the course. When he hits the ball, he does seem to get on base more often than not and he still displays solid power. He’s not doing much to up his stock for 2014 but he basically has [...]
Rawlings announced Friday the three Gold Glove finalists at each position on the company’s official Twitter account. As far as the Mets are concerned, David Wright – a two-time winner of the award in 2007 and 2008 – was nominated at third base, and Eric Young Jr. was rather surprisingly tabbed as a nominee in [...]
Before the 2013 season, Mets second base prospect Reese Havens' stock was at an all time low. Entering the season at 26 years old, he was no longer viewed as a legitimate prospect and realistically 2013 was make-or-break for him. There were still reasons to not give up on the offense-oriented second basemen, though. Specifically, [...]
After sitting out the high dollar free agent market the past few years, fans are foaming at the mouth imagining the Mets once again being big players for the marquee names. We’re going to trade for Troy Tulowitzki and Matt Kemp, sign Shin-Soo Choo and Bronson Arroyo, and if he’ll go on a short deal, [...]
