Baseball expansion drafts are fascinating things. To add a major league franchise is no small feat. It involves approval from the league, a wealthy person or people to pour in a lot of upfront cash and a city ready with a stadium and able to support the team moving forward. It’s the reason that expansion [...]
In his rookie season, Zack Wheeler turned heads with how he pitched against the Braves. While Atlanta has had its way with New York most of the last 20 or so years, Wheeler went out and put up a 3-0 mark against them in 2013. Now, Wheeler will get the chance to slay another Mets [...]
Recently, Mets’ GM Sandy Alderson made yet another proclamation that the Mets have financial room to add payroll during this 2014 season. While it is hoped – fervently -- that Alderson and his superiors will stop talking about acquiring talent and actually…y’know…acquire talent, this does come as heartening news. You’ll no doubt recall that a [...]
After spending just a little more than the minimum time on the disabled list, Mets’ outfielder Juan Lagares is set to return to the field on Thursday night and play against the Colorado Rockies. At the time of Lagares’ injury, he was posting an impressive .313/.345/.470 slash line to go with five extra base hits [...]