Wilmer Flores and other players waiting on injuries

The 2014 roster is coming together: The Mets are building in a contingency for Bobby Parnell, re-kicking the tires on signing Stephen Drew and debating the value of having Ike Davis and Lucas Duda fight for starting first baseman.  You may have seen Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson say wacky things like, “Wilmer Flores will [...]

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What Ralph Kiner means to me

Four days have now passed since the passing of the legendary original Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner at the age of 91. Since then, there have been numerous tributes written by bloggers and spoken by broadcasters in remembrance of the beloved baseball lifer. I’m only 21 years old.  I don’t remember seeing more than one or [...]

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Mets360 2014 projections: Dillon Gee

In his 10th start of 2013, Dillon Gee got knocked around by the Braves and saw his record drop to 2-6 and his ERA balloon to 6.34 after 49.2 IP. A trip to the bullpen almost seemed inevitable. Yet somehow, Gee turned his season around from that point. In his very next start he went [...]

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