After winning back to back division titles, our Mets went into the 1971 season with high hopes. Unfortunately, despite a solid 90 or so wins, the Mets were outplayed by the Pittsburgh Pirates en route to a World Series Championship. It was a disappointment, yet the team had to hold to those high expectations as [...]
Too many times in this blog I've written about the foolishness of the LOOGY approach to baseball. In most of those, the focus has been on the unbelievably crappy overall performance of the Mets' lefty relievers under the Alderson/Collins regime. Today, let's focus on the righty relievers. In 2014, the average NL righty had a [...]
Over the past five seasons, the Mets have seen their share of roster churn. Between trades, free agency, DFAs and non-tenders, the league is well represented by former Mets players. Among them are plenty of marginal players, but also some high quality players – some of whom may be better than what we currently have [...]