The Mets shortstop situation seems to change weekly. It’s obvious that the Mets aren’t satisfied with their current players at the position (Ruben Tejada, Omar Quintanilla, Wilfredo Tovar and possibly Wilmer Flores), but are also not willing to go overboard for any shortstop that is not currently on the roster. So, we are all subject [...]
David Wright is the winner of MLB Network & MLB.com's "Face of MLB" contest. Here is the bracket and how Wright advanced to the winner's circle: Wright beat Eric Sogard in the finals. If Sogard seems like an odd choice, there's a reason behind it. Turns out that a lot of people thought the contest [...]
Imagine the surprise among New York/Metro Area Mets fans when they saw this morning’s Daily News . Sandy Alderson has apparently thrown down the gauntlet. In a supposedly “closed door” meeting – but of course knowing full well that anything quotable would find its way into a newspaper: such is the nature of a leaky [...]
Ike Davis has become the most polarizing player on the Mets. Oh, sure, some people get worked up about Juan Lagares and Eric Young Jr. but those two simply don’t bring the … baggage that Davis carries with him. Davis seemed destined to be a fan favorite. A first-round draft pick who advanced quickly through [...]
Joe talks about Jon Niese's upcoming shoulder MRI, Nelson Cruz vs. Chris Young and Nick Franklin.
Well the big news of the day being spread throughout social media and the Internet is that Jon Niese is on his way back to New York for an MRI. It’s reported that Niese has some discomfort in his left shoulder. This comes just a couple of days after reports that the Mets are potentially [...]
There are many ways to rank the greatest players in a Major League Baseball team’s history, such as ranking them by their WAR, SLG%, innings played/pitched, etc. But the uncommon way to rank players… is by the number they wore. In this article, I will be naming the greatest Mets ever to wear the numbers [...]
Daniel Murphy comes in colors everywhere...
Mets’ spring training is less than an official week old and we’ve already had a mini-drama. This latest teacup tempest involves embattled first baseman Ike Davis. Davis, the subject of many a trade rumor this winter, the man on the hot seat, the repository of much Met fan frustration, boiled over at New York Post [...]
Commenting on sports is a fickle business. We all have an opinion and every one of them is valid. However, over the past few months and maybe even years, there has been a lot of vitriol lobbed at the Mets from multiple angles. Not surprisingly it has come from outside commentators like sports reporters, media [...]
At the end of the Omar Minaya tenure, it seemed the team bent over backwards to minimize any injury. Seemingly every injury followed the same path. It would go from “it’s minor,” to “day-to-day,” to “15-day DL,” to “indefinitely out,” to “done for the year.” The running joke was that if the team announced a [...]
Once upon a time, when Carlos Beltran had been newly traded to the Giants I wrote about the up-and-coming Met pitching prospects who I could see becoming the “Rotation of the Future”. The Mets seemed to have a bevy of pitching talent on the rise and fans could only hope that everything panned out as [...]