Note: This is the first part of a short series comparing (at a high level) where the Mets roster stood last year at this time and where it stands heading into Spring Training 2014. We're quickly approaching the reporting date for pitchers and catchers and the start of baseball for 2014. The off-season may not [...]
Earlier this week the Mets announced that Frank Viola would be the pitching coach for Wally Backman in Triple-A Las Vegas. Viola, who has won raves for his work in this role, takes over for Randy St. Claire, who was also generally well-regarded as a pitching coach. This will be Viola’s fourth year as a [...]
It’s never too early to dream about the draft. Here are a look at players who fall in mock drafts near where the Mets will be picking: Jacob Gatewood – SS – 6’5”, 190 Lbs (HS): Gatewood is huge for a shortstop and most people would be mad not to project a shift to third [...]
I grew up a couple of blocks north of the Massapequa Train Station. I was close enough to hear the evening train whistle on summer evenings. I also grew up watching Met games. On hot summer evenings, my dad would take a small black and white tv onto our breezeway (do you even hear that [...]
Most of the top free agent hitters have inked deals for 2014 and beyond but the same cannot be said for the top free agent pitchers. Seemingly, everyone is waiting to see where Masahiro Tanaka lands – and for how much – before the other top hurlers make their deals. Ervin Santana, Matt Garza, Ubaldo [...]
Tom Glavine is now a Hall of Famer. Although he will always be known as that consistent ace pitcher for over a decade with the Atlanta Braves, his five year stint for the Mets was an integral part of his career. While it was a no-brainer to see him enter Cooperstown on Wednesday, Mets fans [...]
Last week, Dave Cameron of FanGraphs set out to find potential comparisons for Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The profile for Tanaka is pretty interesting. The scouting reports are that he throws strikes, gets ground balls, and has a good fastball-splitter combo that gets some strikeouts. When Cameron ran his list to find guys who fit [...]
You can still hear the clattering. The Hall Of Fame vote – made public almost a full day ago – has elicited much moaning and shouting about how flawed the process is. The words floated about are “broken,” “unworkable” and “antiquated.” You won’t hear any argument here; your intrepid columnist is about to join the [...]
The Mets have had a strong off season thus far. They have brought in enough outfielders to turn the outfield from a massive weak link to a group of players with the potential to make that part of the team a strong suit. They’ve added a veteran starter to help bridge the gap while Matt [...]
There’s Lucas Duda, Ike Davis, Josh Satin, Daniel Murphy, Eric Young Jr. and Ruben Tejada. Three positions need to be decided between the six of those players. And then there is Wilmer Flores, a man without a home. His natural position is third, but David Wright has that locked down for the foreseeable future. He [...]
The Baseball Hall of Fame voting was revealed at 2 p.m. today, and Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas all earned the requisite 75% of votes to be enshrined. All three were in their first year on the ballot. Maddux earned 97.2% of votes, Glavine 91.9% and Thomas 83.7%. Glavine will go into the [...]
Now that it is January, it is time to add the all-time greatest first basemen to the Mets’ Field of Dreams Roster. So far, there are five starting pitchers, six relief pitchers, and two catchers on the roster, leaving just 12 vacant spots on the Mets’ roster. Today, two more will be added to the [...]
