The ol’ clock on the wall ticks away this July 31, and it is becoming apparent that there will be no press briefings forthcoming from Citi Field. It looks as though Sandy Alderson and the Mets will not be participating in the annual mid-year grab bag exchange of players. We’ve seen Yeonis Cespedes, Jon Lester, [...]
There's an old saying, "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". It seems that while watching the 2014 version of the New York Mets, that management hasn't learned that lesson. For example, in December of 2009, the Mets outbid no one in order to overpay for a solid defensive corner [...]
Jacob deGrom was brought up at the exact same time as Rafael Montero, but was looked at as the weaker link. However, two and a half months later, deGrom is 5-5 and Montero is playing for the Las Vegas 51’s. Of course, 5-5 is not a great record for a pitcher, but that is because [...]
It’s a fun thing to wake up overseas, on a fantastic vacation, roll over, grab your cell phone and follow the last couple of innings of a Mets’ win. That’s exactly what your intrepid columnist experienced as the All-Star break ended. Germany was awesome, but Saturday morning looked a little bit better with the Padres [...]
Over the last few weeks, the Mets seem to have a different overall energy than they had in May or June resulting in a positive opening to the second half and each day the possibility grows that October baseball could return to Queens. However, there are holes to fill and holes that might grow as [...]
I can't believe I'm saying this, but there is a good possibility that Ruben Tejada will be the Mets shortstop in 2015. There is a huge caveat with that statement, and that is the assumption that Wilmer Flores fails to take the position via his superior offensive capabilities, or Matt Reynolds down in Triple-A does [...]
Sometimes I’m wrong, like when I said that Juan Lagares would show no offensive growth in 2014 and would instead backslide into being unplayable. Sometimes I’m right, like when I said that Jacob deGrom might have the brighter future than Rafael Montero. I was wrong about Bartolo Colon… to a point. Colon has been great. [...]
July 28th marks the three-year anniversary of Sandy Alderson's first 'big' move as General Manager of the Mets, trading Carlos Beltran to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-handed pitcher Zack Wheeler. At the time, the move was cheered by many as the first step in the arduous process of rebuilding the Mets from [...]