Although snow and cold may grip the north, it's a different story across Florida and Arizona as spring training is in the process of getting underway. Pitchers and catchers have already reported for the Mets, full workouts for the players begin on February 19, and the first exhibition game is scheduled for the 25th. Spring [...]
In the beginning of February, we ran a poll here at the site on who should be the team’s fifth starter, assuming equal health and Spring Training results. The overwhelming choice among the three candidates was Robert Gsellman, who received 66% of the popular vote. Gsellman had great results when pressed into service late last [...]
Now that the Mets have settled their bullpen situation by retaining lefty Jerry Blevins and right hander Fernando Salas let’s look at how it could set up. With the upcoming suspension for closer Jeurys Familia looming the Mets have a few decisions to make for the beginning of the season. Familia is facing at least [...]
With position players set to arrive in Port St. Lucie at the end of the week and the 2017 season set to launch, we’re going to take a look at some of the minor leaguers who will be part of the big league camp. Players like David Roseboom, Dominic Smith, Phillip Evans, P.J. Conlon and [...]
So much is made of the offensive environment at Las Vegas – and rightfully so. It’s so well-ingrained in us now about the offensive inflation there that we know that a, say, .300/.348/.484 line is nothing special. In just about any other league, an .832 OPS would be something to sit up and take notice. [...]
The 2017 New York Mets season will be defined by a number of factors and the health of several key players. This has been the well-known narrative throughout the long, monotonous offseason. For this Mets fan though, there is another narrative that may define the season. This season will be dependent on Noah Syndergaard, and [...]
By now we’re all familiar with Curtis Granderson. We’ve heard the stories about how he’s a great teammate, we’ve seen him be extremely durable, we’ve witnessed terrible streakiness and last year’s dismal numbers with runners in scoring position. But now we’ve got a little bit of an unknown thrown into the equation. It looks like [...]
The Mets will begin the 2017 season vying for an unprecedented third straight post season. This Mets fan likes our chances, despite what Fangraphs (83 wins?!) thinks. If we can win 87 games and make the playoffs with half our team on the disabled list, you have to think we've got a good shot to [...]
The dominant Mets officially died in 1993. They’d been in steep decline since 1991 and there were frantic attempts to stem the tide of the inevitable: the signings of Bobby Bonilla and Eddie Murray, the trade for Bret Saberhagen, the hiring of Jeff Torborg to manage. None of it worked. Management was slow to pick [...]
Steven Matz has been really good the parts of the two seasons we’ve seen him in the majors. Unfortunately, he’s also spent considerable time on the disabled list in both of those years. Matz had offseason surgery to clean out bone spurs in his elbow but what ended his season was irritation in his shoulder. [...]
Opening Day for the Mets is not until April 3rd when the Braves venture into Citi Field, but I'm going to be bold and make a long range prediction of what the Met batting order will look like that day. Barring injury, Atlanta will assuredly start their ace, right hander Julio Teheran, so there will [...]
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