Yesterday seemed to reaffirm the cloud over the Mets organization, as when the Mets get close to competing, something terrible occurs. Last season, it was Matt Harvey who went down with an injury that would put him on the shelf for the year, and this season the Mets have experienced injuries to Josh Edgin and [...]
In the offseason the Mets showed a lot of faith in Wilmer Flores and Juan Lagares. They showed faith in Flores by not acquiring a shortstop to compete with him for the starting job. And they showed faith in Lagares by trading away Matt den Dekker, the best choice to play center field if Lagares [...]
Major League Baseball has suspended New York Mets right-handed pitcher Jenrry Mejia 80 games for failing a drug test. Mejia tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanzolol. Stanzolol is commonly used in the bodybuilding community while in "cutting" cycles, where athletes are attempting to lose body fat without sacrificing muscle mass. The State of New [...]
Before Friday's game against the Braves, Mets skipper Terry Collins had this to say about Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman: That stinkin' first baseman is dangerous. We haven't got him out in 4 years. The 25-year-old Freeman is hitting a sporty .325/.396/.580 against Met pitching over the past three seasons.
The “Full Season” minor leagues start getting in swing this weekend and I’ll start to give you the highlights each Monday. In the meantime here are some storylines that I’m looking forward to. AAA: Las Vegas is Overloaded with Talent Looking around the locker room of the Las Vegas 51s you’ll see multiple Top 100 [...]
When I tell people about when I became a Mets fan I usually mention that I became one before the team even had its name. Picture a shattered eight year old when the 1957 baseball season ended whose favorite team, the New York Giants abandoned the right coast for the wrong coast. And what was [...]
On December 17th, 2012, the Mets traded R.A. Dickey, the reigning Cy Young award winner, to the Toronto Blue Jays for a package of players head lined by Travis d’Arnaud. Up to that point, d’Arnaud was known for two things: being the unanimous number one catching prospect in Baseball and having been a key piece [...]
As the crappy Meat Loaf song goes, “two out of three aint bad.” To kick off the 2015 season taking two of three from the overwhelming division-favorite Nationals is pretty freakin’ spectacular if you ask this Mets fan. With an evening to catch our collective breath before the Mets begin 10 days in a row [...]
When you follow the Mets, you get used to wearing a little mud. The MSM, starving for newspaper sales, website clicks and a call-in audience will pounce on any perceived misstep and blow it up into something unrecognizable. And let’s face it, ever since Carlos Beltran didn’t offer at a wicked Adam Wainwright curveball nine [...]