Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are aware that recently President Obama announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba. To be sure, there’s a gigantic divide between this and actual “normal” relations that we have with a country such as Canada. But it’s a start and the biggest journeys all begin [...]
In an age in baseball where there is a glut of pitching, in an offseason where there is plenty of front-line talent available, and with all the assets the New York Mets have the ability to move, it seems Dillon Gee is the one they are shopping around the most aggressively. Gee is a fine [...]
A.J. Preller does his best Whitey Herzog imitation.
The latest rumor has the Mets and Rockies talking Troy Tulowitzki. At times this feels like the franchise's personal Moby Dick. Regardless, the fact that the team is even discussing this possibility is encouraging. Even though the chances of a deal happening are probably only in the single digits, it's still something that makes me [...]
One of the things we’ve talked about a lot recently is how one of the primary functions of a general manager is talent accumulation. Frank Cashen is held up as the best GM in club history and there’s little doubt he did a tremendous job in adding talent to the organization. Sandy Alderson is trying [...]
Much to the dismay of most fans, the Winter Meetings came and went with no major moves made by the New York Mets. Instead, it was defined by a series of small moves that spoke volumes as to the direction that the team and GM Sandy Alderson wants to go in. The perception of failure [...]
Last week, John Olerud went up against David Wright in the semifinals of the “Which Mets season was the best” competition, and Olerud was victorious by fewer than 10 votes. Needless to say, it was a close competition, and this week may be even closer. In the first round of the bracket, Tom Seaver’s 1969 [...]
The Mets have been, and might continue to be, in sports purgatory: a team that floats around the playoff hunt without willing to be completely bad and getting a great draft pick. While they had gotten progressively worse from 2011-2013 (in relation to the league), they took a leap forward in 2014 and saw the [...]
For months now, we’ve heard how Bartolo Colon, Dillon Gee and Jon Niese have little to no trade value. Colon is too expensive, Gee isn’t good enough and Niese is too much of an injury risk. Yet now that some of the free agent pitchers who aren’t in the top tier have begun to sign, [...]
We're getting down to the nitty-gritty now as continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. These are the last four before we get to the creme of the crop. In case you missed any of the other installments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, [...]
Many fans are clamoring for the Mets to improve at shortstop before going into the season . Collins said that Ruben Tejada is still a possibility to start at short in 2015, even though he has been given many chances and profiles nicely as a backup middle infielder. For most other options, the Mets would [...]
