With a surplus of pitching, and a need for a better shortstop, the Mets continue to be linked to teams searching for pitching. The problem is that teams are willing to trade, but only for Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard or Zack Wheeler, players the Mets are unlikely to deal this offseason. Instead, it [...]
This is the time of year where optimistic fans believe every question mark is going to be answered positively while analysts think the vast majority will be answered in a negative way. And let’s be honest, the 2015 Mets have no shortages of question marks. There’s not a player on the team without baggage of [...]
Welcome to the eighth edition in our continuing tale of the Mets top 50 prospects. In case you missed any of our other segments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33 and 32-30. Next up is: 29 - Milton Ramos When MLB and the Player’s Association agreed to a slotting system for [...]
Late Friday, news broke that the Oakland Athletics had agreed to a trade sending star third baseman Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for Brett Lawrie and three prospects. Many were baffled by the trade, but it's impossible to see how. For years the Oakland Athletics have been cash-strapped for the past 20 years, [...]
The next probable and tangible moves made by GM Sandy Alderson and the front office will be decisions on Ruben Tejada and Eric Young Jr. The Mets have until Tuesday night at 11:59 pm to tender contracts to the two arbitration eligible players before they retroactively become unrestricted free agents. After Alderson inevitably decides on [...]
Welcome to the seventh edition in our continuing tale of the Mets top 50 prospects. In case you missed any of our other segments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, and 38-36 and 35-33. Next up is: 32 – Logan Verrett The 24 year old Verrett was taken in the third round of [...]
Back in August of 2013, after he made his 10th start of the season, we ran a comparison of Zack Wheeler to what Matt Harvey had done in his first 10 starts in 2012. For fun, let’s throw Jacob deGrom into the mix and see how his numbers stack up to his more heralded teammates. [...]
The New York Mets are an enigma. At times they make us cheer, at other times they make us cry, and even other times they makes us throw something at the tv or explain to the police that you're sorry for the noise but the Mets are on and you'll try to keep it down. [...]
This third matchup of the “Best Single Season by a Met” bracket will feature two of the greatest Mets position players in their 52-year history: David Wright and Darryl Strawberry. Last week, the matchup featured Dwight Gooden’s 1985 season and Jesse Orosco’s 1998 season, Gooden won by a substantial amount. Now, with Wright’s 2007 season [...]
Recently, the annual crunch of the 40-man roster came to a close as teams across baseball had to choose which players were valued by organizations and which had to go. The Mets found themselves in a position where they had only 5-6 spots to play. In the end, Noah Syndergaard, Cory Mazzoni, Hansel Robles, Gabriel [...]
It seems like the Mets are one of everybody’s talking points lately. Juan Lagares won the Gold Glove in center field. Jacob deGrom won the Rookie Of The Year Award, the same day the signing of Michael Cuddyer – the opening shot of this year’s free agent skirmishes – was announced. There hasn’t been much [...]