Recently, John Zakour wrote an article entitled, “Mets could do worse than Bronson Arroyo.” In my mind, the worst thing the Mets could do would be to sign a starting pitcher to a multi-year deal, which by all reports is what it would take to land Arroyo. By my count, the Mets have a baker’s [...]
Other than the outfield and shortstop positions, the bullpen is the Achilles heel of the Mets. This is probably going to be the hardest thing for GM Sandy Alderson to fix this offseason because the trend with relievers is that they tend to be unreliable year to year. Usually they outperform their peripherals -- allowing [...]
This offseason hasn't gone as well as Mets fans would have liked so far, to say the least. It's obviously early, and the real action generally kicks off at the winter meetings, so it's not quite time to panic. The real source of fan frustration doesn't seem to lie in what the team has or [...]