Mets fans are already anticipating the return of Matt Harvey on Opening Day 2015. The rising star pitcher is through his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery and set to lead the pitching rotation into the next great era of Mets baseball next year. Unfortunately, someone will have to relinquish their slot on the starting staff [...]
The MLB Project is over and the members of the faux general managers of all 30 teams are inputting their opinions on the moves they made and the teams they created. As GM of the Athletics, I was extremely active. One of the more active GM’s in the project. This was taking a cue from [...]
The World Series ended last night, you may have heard. As soon as the ball settled into Pablo Sandoval’s glove near the third base coach’s box, we on the outside could detect an almost audible click: the Silly Season has begun. Free agency 2014-15 is exactly five-and-a-half hours old at this writing and I’m sure [...]
This year’s World Series was played by the Kansas City Royals, and the San Francisco Giants, with the Giants coming out on top. Both the Royals and the Giants won a Wild Card seed in their respective leagues. In the American League, the Royals won the number one Wild Card seed with a record of [...]
Last night, the Kansas City Royals came within an out of defeating the San Francisco Giants to win their first World Series in 29 years. They left a runner stranded on third and the Giants hoisted the trophy. Being there, however, may be the bigger accomplishment for the Royals. This is a team that was [...]
Indians fans will be thrilled to learn that a Mets fan had their team for this project. Hey, at least in the last four years the Mets have been run with a greatly reduced budget. So, Tribe fans, keep in mind that it could have been worse. Hopefully what I lack in familiarity I can [...]
Latest update -- Cleveland Indians @ 4:30 PM 11/1; New York Mets @ 4:30 PM 10/31; Seattle Mariners @ 11:15 AM 10/31; Baltimore Orioles @ 8:30 AM 10/31; Houston Astros @ 9:00 AM 10/30; Minnesota Twins @ 11:00 PM 10/29; Washington Nationals @ 3:00 PM 10/29; San Francisco Giants @ 12:50 PM 10/29; Oakland A's @ 10:30 AM 10/29
When first approached by email for this project, it seemed like an idea that I have dreamed of for years. As a teenager in high school and looking toward my future, my dream to become a General Manager. Unfortunately, for this project I got stuck with a team I despise - the Washington Nationals. However, [...]
If you’ve been following along, you’ve seen that we here at Mets360 were engaged in a project where each of us got to be the General Manager of an existing MLB team…for a week. It was my great good fortune to draw the defending National League Champion San Francisco Giants. I found that winning a [...]
To wrap up our Projection Review series, we'll take a look at one of the top relievers in 2014 for the Mets. As stated in the initial projection, "Vic Black throws gas." Black stayed true to that assessment by averaging 95.7 mph on his fastball. However, Black also learned this season how to use his [...]
At the young age of just 22 years old, Cardinals’ top outfield prospect Oscar Taveras died Wednesday evening in a car crash. With him in the car was his girlfriend, whose name will not be included for personal purposes. But nonetheless, Taveras’ death means more than just another person dying. He was a “sky is [...]