Joe talks about Mets pitching prospects, and why starting Eric Young Jr. over Juan Lagares is lunacy.
There was the Miracle of 1969. There was its even more unlikely cousin, the “Ya Gotta Believe” pennant of 1973, which saw a second championship fall short – just when the Mets were poised to take it -- due to un-robust hitting and some managerial malpractice. What was lost on the management of the time [...]
In 2011, Jose Reyes led the league in batting for the Mets and was with another team the next year. In 2012, R.A. Dickey led the league in strikeouts and the next year he was on another team. In 2013, Eric Young Jr. led the league in stolen bases. While he will likely open the [...]
It has been a hot topic as of late. Who is going to start for the New York Mets on opening day? Three names have been thrown around: Jon Niese, Bartolo Colon and Zack Wheeler. Niese, who has started opening day for the Mets in the past, hasn’t gotten off to a great start. He [...]
Spring training is a time of hope, happiness, and wonder. The regular season is less than a month away, and every team has a chance to prove the haters wrong and win a championship. But spring training can also be a time of concern. Something could go wrong at any point in time. So what [...]
Inverse, converse, diverse, perverse, and reverse.
Ah, spring training. The one time when losing is acceptable and the Mets have done a ton of it. Several hours after the loss to the Cardinals on Sunday I read a review of the game on a few websites, as I had not watched it, and there were a couple bright spots; Curtis Granderson [...]
When Sandy Alderson decided to trade R.A. Dickey, he insisted on a haul befitting a sitting Cy Young Award winner. In one of his best moves yet, the Son of Alder came home with Travis d’Arnaud, Wuilmer Becerra and fellow Nord Noah Syndergaard, right now looking for all the world like the lynchpin of the [...]
Adam Rubin suggested in a recent ESPN article that Anthony Seratelli stands a chance of being a 31-year old rookie with the Mets come April. Many people are rooting for him to succeed and no wonder since this is a heartwarming tale for a career minor leaguer who is well-versed at playing first-base, second-base, shortstop, [...]
Vic Black throws gas. In his major league debut last season, Black averaged 95.5 mph with his fastball. It couldn’t really be any other way though, could it? A guy with that name couldn’t be a soft-tossing lefty. No, that gig is reserved for someone like Jamie Moyer, not someone whose name is packed with [...]
Sandy Alderson did a decent job this offseason making upgrades that will hopefully make the Mets more competitive, if not this year then next year. Alderson addressed the outfield situation with the signings of Chris Young and Curtis Granderson. Alderson added an arm in Bartolo Colon to hold down a spot in the rotation until [...]
The good news is that Jeurys Familia has not pitched in the first three exhibition games of the year and is therefore not among the nine pitchers in camp with an ERA of 9.00 or above. The bad news is, well, just about everything else. Familia has gone from hot-shot pitching prospect to potential future [...]