The Battle of the Bullpen I am excited and intrigued by the upcoming race for the bullpen that the Mets will be having. Bobby Parnell’s health is in question which makes the entire bullpen a major question mark, but I am optimistic with the options Alderson has assembled. Here are a few of the battles [...]
There have been some solid long relievers in the history of the New York Mets: Don Cardwell, Ray Sadecki, and Terry Leach all come to mind. A good performance by a team’s primary long reliever is a mixed blessing. A significant contribution by a long reliever (just like a team’s primary pinch-hitter) can be beneficial [...]
The Mets are in Port St. Lucie working out and getting ready for the season. The media and fans are eagerly waiting this season to see what the Mets have in store for the 2014 campaign. When the Mets play their first spring training game on February 28, the games will be more about preparation [...]
He was the face of last year’s All-Star Game and nearly pitched in the 2008 mid-summer classic. He’s as much the Franchise as the elite few before him. He’s the captain of the team, and compared to a very famous captain who’s calling it quits after 2014. By the way, he occasionally goes by Captain [...]
Right now we are in the middle of our projection series and my thoughts tend to focus on the categories that we forecast. Specifically, those thoughts center on the durability components of our predictions. For pitchers, that’s innings pitched and for position players those are plate appearances. Last year our official group projection was for [...]
I, like many Mets fans, felt that shortstop was a position that needed to be filled outside of the organization this winter. As the winter progressed and the targets fell off of the board, it became apparent that Ruben Tejada would most likely be our opening day shortstop again when the 2014 season started (barring [...]
2013 TOPPS ARCHIVES DWIGHT GOODEN No one likes to be around someone out of control yet at a distance there’s almost something poetic about someone or something obliterating the boundaries of what’s possible. In the Jefferson Airplane song Wild Times, there’s a lyric that goes: “I’m doing things that haven’t got a name yet.” How [...]
In 2012 Daniel Murphy proved he could play second base without getting killed, which seems like an innocent enough statement now but was far from a sure thing this time two years ago. Last year, he improved his fielding at the position, going from one of the worst defensive second basemen in the majors to [...]
Voluntary workouts have begun for the Mets and pitchers and catchers officially report in just three days. One player who is not down in Florida yet: Ruben Tejada. Tejada, along with Lucas Duda, Wilmer Flores and Juan Lagares attended a fitness camp in Michigan over the offseason. The goal of this was to get these [...]
Clayton Collier of MetsMerized stops by at the Queens Baseball Convention to talk Mets baseball, blogging, much more. Twitter: @Clayton_Collier
Recently I turned to my friends in the Mets blogosphere and asked them the following question: What was the most surprising thing to you about this offseason for the Mets?
Mets baseball begins in just three more days, as pitchers and catchers will report to Port St. Lucie, Florida on Saturday, February 15. That being said, it is now the time of the year where all baseball fans can feel as if his or her team has a chance to win a World Series Title. [...]