Zack Wheeler will win 20 games in 2015

Six different pitchers have won 20 games or more for the New York Mets.  Tom Seaver did it four times, and Dwight Gooden, Jerry Koosman, David Cone, Frank Viola and R.A. Dickey each did it once.  Zack Wheeler, in his third big league season, will join them in 2015. While that might seem far-fetched to [...]

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Jon Niese: Breakout candidate?

At FanGraphs, Josh Barnes posted a wonderful piece of community research concluding that Jon Niese is poised to have a breakout season in 2015.  Before continuing reading this article, I’d highly recommend reading what Barnes wrote if you haven’t already. His reasoning is that Niese developed a solid changeup in 2014, leading to its increased [...]

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