What to expect from Juan Lagares

2013 was a bad year for the Mets – but a great year for Juan Lagares.  He saw his prospect status become reborn with a strong showing in AAA, and following a promotion to the MLB, captured the hearts of Met fans with amazin’ defensive highlights.  The Mets enter 2014 without Matt Harvey and with [...]

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Mets non-tender Atchison, Quintanilla…Updated!

Ahead of tonight's deadline, the New York Mets have announced that they have non-tendered two players: Scott Atchison and Omar Quintanilla. Atchison appeared in 51 games for the Mets in 2013, pitching to the tune of a 4.37 ERA and a 5.39 RA/9 in 45.1 innings pitched, compiling a 3-3 record out of the bullpen.  [...]

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Reexamining the 2007 MVP race

There’s a great account on twitter, @BRefPlayIndex, that if you don’t follow, you should if you consider yourself a baseball fan.  They often tweet out great nuggets of information about great seasons players have had that you may have forgotten about, along with other great nuggets (and the occasional giveaway. So when they tweeted this [...]

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