Outfield, what outfield? Sandy Alderson uttered this line at the Winter Meeting early during his tenure, back when he either couldn’t, or wouldn’t, spend much more than the minimum to bring in players and his outfield was a borderline disaster. Yet Alderson has consistently brought aboard outfielders, of various pay levels, and it’s remarkable how [...]
If you look at the 2016 stats of Brandon Nimmo, you’ll probably nod and file it as some PCL inflation. The thing that might catch you off guard is the fact that Nimmo is suddenly looking a lot more like a budding star than he ever has before. Think that’s crazy? Season - .330/.405/.530 April [...]
The Mets fell behind early and a late comeback fell short, as they lost to the Brewers, 5-3, and ended up with a split of the four-game series. Keith Hernandez summed up things pretty well when he said, "Just a lot of bad baseball we've seen in this series." The Mets fielded lousy and Steven [...]
Neil Walker went back to his roots recently when the New York Mets traveled to Pittsburgh to play the Pirates in a three-game series. Walker was the first-round draft pick, and the 11th overall, of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2004. He played seven years for the Pirates compiling a career line of .338/.431/.774 while hitting [...]
Curtis Granderson continued his recent surge with three hits on Saturday. He came to the plate in the eighth inning needing a double for the cycle. Granderson grounded out and while the Mets scored a run in the ninth, he was two batters away from getting another chance to be the team’s 11th player to [...]
The Mets dropped game three of their four-game series against the Brewers in Milwaukee today, 7-4. Logan Verrett got the spot start this afternoon because of the doubleheader in Pittsburgh that threw the rotation off. The Mets needed him to pitch well and pitch deep to help an overworked bullpen. Unfortunately, he had trouble commanding [...]
An interesting point was brought up in the comments section of a recent post here at Mets360 regarding the state of the Mets' farm system. Specifically, there was concern that the drafting aspect of the Sandy Alderson regime's effort to rebuild the system since it took over in 2011 has been underwhelming to say the [...]
In a game neither team deserved to win, the Mets escaped with a 2-1 win in 11 innings, claiming their third straight victory and evening up their extra inning record at 2-2. It took 11 innings and bad defense but the Mets scored a run without a homer. With the bases loaded and one out, [...]