A disappointing Spring Training

It has been a very disappointing spring training. Spring training is a time to prepare and ready the team for the season. Terry Collins did not taken advantage of the opportunities to get players accustomed to different positions. It was announced that Flores was to be the backup first baseman to Duda. He received one [...]

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Predictions for the 2016 Mets

Each year with the predictions column I start by going back to the previous year’s piece. After a dismal year with just two correct prediction in 2014, last year I rebounded to get six right and missed out on another when Curtis Granderson finished with a .259 AVG instead of his predicted .261 mark. But [...]

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The Mets and a World Series hangover

This is it, Mets fans. The games start to count tomorrow night, and we can put this awful spring behind us. The pitfalls of paying too much heed to Spring Training performances are well known and obvious. On the whole we can chalk the actual results the team had up to typical Spring Training factors. [...]

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