Michael Cuddyer's actual 2015 results: 408 PA, .306 wOBA, 97 wRC+, 0.2 fWAR
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It’s been quite the week...and it’s only Thursday. There’s been a lot of activity swirling around Citi Field and Opening Day is five months off. It started with the announcement of the Mets signing Michael Cuddyer late Monday afternoon, followed later that evening by Jacob deGrom’s coronation as NL Rookie Of The Year. The Veterans’ [...]
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The New York Mets made a semi-big splash a few days ago with the signing of Michael Cuddyer. This was step one in an intricate offseason plan to build on last season and mold a championship team. A plan that team GM Sandy Alderson must be aggressive with this offseason. A point that assistant GM [...]
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One of the biggest trends in Major League Baseball is how numbers are used to evaluate players. Statistics have been around for a long time in baseball, but they used to be just space holders on the back of baseball cards. Nowadays, statistics seem to run organizations’ front offices, and help determine who is the [...]
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1963 JELL-O ROGER CRAIG The years 1961 through 1963 represent the golden age of cereal-box cards. The Post company plastered the backs of packages of Toasties, Rice Krinkles, Grape Nut Flakes, and the like with cutout cards of all the stars (and many lesser lights) of the day. And the sugared-up kids of the early [...]
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This past Monday some of the best news happened as the Mets signed Michael Cuddyer to a two-year deal and Jacob deGrom was announced as the Rookie of the Year. Both announcements should propel confidence into the Mets as they head into 2015. But what about the rest of the NL East? Where do the [...]
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Yesterday, the Mets made a long-awaited offseason splash, signing erstwhile Colorado Rockies' outfielder Michael Cuddyer to a two-year free agent contract. The move certainly blind-sided a number of members of the MSM and more than a few fans – including this one. The surprising part is that a Cuddyer-to-the-Mets scenario seemed dead in the water, [...]
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The Mets' farm system has been improving and getting deeper. Last year David Groveman ranked the club's top 50 prospects. Once again, we will list the team's top 50 prospects but this time instead of it being a solo effort, several different writers collaborated on the rankings. A lot of research, conversations, stalemates and cooperation [...]
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The Mets have announced today the signing of OF Michael Cuddyer to a two year contract. Cuddyer is a career .279/.347/.466 hitter. Since Cuddyer received a qualifying offer from the Colorado Rockies, the Mets will surrender the 15th overall pick in the 2015 Amateur Draft. Cuddyer has struggled with injuries recently, and hasn't played in [...]
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This season the development of Jeurys Familia and Jenrry Mejia in the back end of the Mets bullpen got a lot of attention, but flying more under the radar was the season that Carlos Torres put together in middle relief. Torres solidified himself as one of Terry Collins’ favorite arms with his stellar performance, striking [...]
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With the left field in New York still looking to be filled, there is also some spaces to be filled in the 2015 Las Vegas outfield. Last year, Cesar Puello, Andrew Brown, Matt den Dekker, Cory Vaughn, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis all appeared in more than 50 games in the outfield for the 51s. If the [...]
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Entering the 2014 season, the Mets knew they had a solid catcher in Travis d’Arnaud, and they also knew they had a solid prospect in Kevin Plawecki. MLB.com rated Plawecki as the eighth best prospect in the Mets’ farm system in their preseason rankings, and now he is second because of a solid season. With [...]
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