As we approach spring training the Mets have had very little offseason action to cover. Most of the work accomplished this winter by Sandy Alderson was keeping his own players by resigning Yoenis Cespedes, Neil Walker accepting the qualifying offer and exercising Jay Bruce’s option. The remaining work to be done this offseason should involve [...]
It’s still a bit hard to believe what the Mets have with Jacob deGrom. No one considers his 2016 as especially great, yet through his first 21 starts of the season, he had a 2.30 ERA, a 1.050 WHIP and a 4.4 K/BB ratio. Then he struggled in his last three starts before winding up [...]
The Top 10 shouldn’t have surprises and, while you can likely debate the order, it’s tough to debate their inclusion in the Top 10 itself. At this point, you are looking at players that you should be very excited about and players that if you aren’t yet acquainted with, you should endeavor to become acquainted [...]
Two key pieces of the second-half 2016 Mets bullpen are now free agents. Jerry Blevins posted a 3.07 ERA with a 5.0 K/BB ratio from July 15 to September 18 while Fernando Salas had a 2.08 ERA, a 0.635 WHIP with 19 Ks and 0 BB in 17.2 IP after being acquired from the Angels. [...]
For over a decade, David Wright has been the main man for the Mets at the hot corner. Over that time, Wright became the Mets' all time leader in hits, RBIs, doubles, total bases, runs scored, walks and other categories. Sadly, we have all been witnesses to the deterioration of Wright's body due to a [...]
Since his defense was as good as his offense in 2015, Yoenis Cespedes had a monster year, recording a 6.7 fWAR. His defense was not as good in 2016, as his numbers in CF were worse than expected, and he posted a 3.2 fWAR. After the 2015 season, no one was willing to give Cespedes [...]
With or without Jay Bruce, the Mets appear to have sufficient depth in the field and in the lineup going into spring training. And with last season's emergence of Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo, we have rotation depth. However, the bullpen remains a few fries short of a happy meal. The back end, with Jeurys [...]
Some semi-significant news came out earlier this week, a report that the Mets have assured Jay Bruce that he will, in fact, be their right fielder for 2017. A number of factors may play into this decision – if it is an official decision at all. The Mets were openly trying to trade Bruce over [...]
Welcome to our annual projection series, now getting ready to start its fifth season. We kick things off with Noah Syndergaard who, part by his dominating pitching and part by the fact that he was the only young gun to stay healthy, became the ace of the pitching staff in 2016. My opinion is that [...]
Davey Johnson, who skippered the 1986 Mets to a World Series triumph, deserves to win induction to the Hall of Fame. He fell short in the recent vote of the Today's Game Committee (until recently the Veterans Committee). Hopefully he can make up the deficit in the next election. Johnson managed the Mets from 1984 [...]
Heading into the 2017 season the Mets bullpen is in flux. One of the strong points of the 2016 Mets was the back end of their bullpen consisting of Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia. With Familia most likely facing a suspension stemming from his domestic violence arrest, the team will be forced to use Reed [...]
The Top 15 players are finally at the echelon where you are either looking at players with very high ceilings or fairly secure paths to the majors. These names are sure to be recognizable, though because these rankings were purely from my own perspective, there is some definite opinion weighting. We see at this point, [...]