Spring training is only a few months away and the odds favor the Mets starting 2014 with Ike Davis at first base, Ruben Tejada at shortstop and no further large acquisitions (via trade or signing). It’s okay. The 2014 Mets are already a better product, on paper, than the 2013 Mets and progress is a [...]
Chris Young and Curtis Granderson strike out a lot. Some worry about the number of strikeouts that they bring to the lineup. This worry is natural – for years strikeouts have been had the reputation of being the worst way to make an out. Bill James observed some time ago that the currency of the [...]