Once upon a time I wrote about Rafael Montero and Jacob deGrom. Stating that “While Montero has gotten more attention, with his pin-point control, deGrom seems like the prospect with the higher ceiling.” How long can a blogger brag about being right about deGrom? I’ll tell you as soon as I’m done bragging. The fact [...]
Longtime readers may recall that prior to the 2014 season, there were a series of articles posted here about durability and health. One of these suggested that one of the keys to a good season was to have four pitchers with 175 or more innings and/or five hitters with at least 575 PA. In 2013, [...]
Early this week it was announced that Neil Walker joined a select group of free agents who have eschewed free agency (for this year) in lieu of accepting the one year Qualifying Offer of $17.2 million. He will play once again with the Mets on this one year deal and will have the opportunity to [...]
Based on all the commentary on Mets360.com and elsewhere among the Mets faithful, it would seem that we are expecting very little of our team captain in 2017. In fact, many of us are assuming he’ll spend most of the season on the disabled list. It’s not an unfair assumption given that the 34-year-old third [...]
Recently on MetsBlog there was an article entitled, “Mets have great rotation, but are still short on depth.” In the article was a plea to sign someone like Clayton Richards (sic) or Jorge De La Rosa. Steamer projected those pitchers to post a 4.03 ERA and a 4.30 ERA, respectively. That’s good enough to be [...]
Picking the most popular Met players of all time is by nature subjective, but hey, I'm willing give it a shot. I am only going to go with players who were regulars for at least a few seasons with the Mets, and who won the affection of fans and teammates. There will be no stars [...]
With the opening salvos of the 2016 hot stove shaping up, Mets fans hear crickets chirping. Teams are formulating and executing on their strategies. The Braves are rebuilding, but have quickly added two old “geezers” R.A. Dickey and Bartolo Colon to their pitching staff. That was quick. As beloved as Colon is in New York, [...]
Neil Walker has until 5:00 PM today to decide if he is going to come back to the Mets in 2017. On the one hand, $17.2 Million is an absurd sum of money by most standards but on another, Walker has to think about his future. At the age of 31, Walker has a vested [...]
You would have made a fair amount of money if, when Bartolo Colon signed with the Mets prior to the 2014 season, you went out and made a wager that he would lead the team in innings pitched for the next three years. But that’s exactly what happened. With Colon moving on to greener pastures, [...]
Bartolo Colon (8) and R.A. Dickey (5) have combined to play for 13 teams but as Mets fans we tend to think of them as ours. So, it was a bit curious when the Braves went out and added these guys to their rotation. On top of that connection, both of these pitchers have another [...]
A few weeks ago my good friend Ted who lives in Maryland paid my wife and me a visit. Ted and I finally did something we had been talking about doing for years and that is visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. While it was my fourth visit to the Mecca of the [...]
Mets GM Sandy Alderson has begun a very busy off-season. The Mets have a lot question marks and moving parts. Is our best hitter coming back? Will the rotation be completely healthy? Do we need a new closer? Do we have a decent catcher in the house? What do we do with all these outfielders, [...]