The Mets’ catching situation heading into 2017

To say that the 2016 season was a disappointing one for Met’s catchers would be a bit of an understatement.  Entering the season, catcher seemed to be a position of strength with a healthy Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki with another year of major league experience under his belt.  Between injuries and poor play the [...]

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Mets360 2017 projections: Matt Harvey

Does the season hang on Matt Harvey? We seem to think that Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom will be both healthy and dominant. And while we haven’t projected Steven Matz yet, it’s probably safe to assume that not many will be throwing out 200 IP seasons for him. So, can Harvey recover from his surgery [...]

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Mets Minors: Top 50 prospects 2017 5-1

The Top 5 prospects, the best of the best and a land of few surprises. These should be nothing but players you know and expect to see within the Top 5. Expect to hear a lot about these players through Spring Training and throughout 2017. While the Mets do not have a Matt Harvey, Zack [...]

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Revisiting Asdrubal Cabrera’s monster end of 2016

We’ve all seen players go on hot streaks. Often times on these hot streaks, there’s a ton of good fortune and not much else going on. But occasionally, we see something different happening beyond just “the hit gods smiled on him.” At the end of 2015, we saw Daniel Murphy turn on pitches rather than [...]

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An unlikely trade chip: Matt Harvey

How successful Matt Harvey's 2017 campaign will be is hard to predict. Coming off an injury-shortened 2016 season where he had to have a procedure for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Harvey is hoping to bounce back for a successful season on the mound. A successful season could mean many things for Harvey and the Mets. For [...]

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Mets360 2017 projections: Asdrubal Cabrera

Asdrubal Cabrera was a strong offensive player in 2011 and 2012. Then from 2013-2015, he put up a combined .712 OPS, one that was that high only because of a monster second half of 2015, when a .348 BABIP led to a .916 OPS, after he posted a .627 OPS in the first half of [...]

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Zack Wheeler could be our secret weapon

Every season as a Mets fan always seems to feature one player who comes out of nowhere to have a terrific season. Maybe they were a career minor leaguer who finally got their chance (Terry Leach), a platoon player who got thrust into full-time duty (Xavier Nady), a marginal prospect who defied expectations (Dillon Gee), [...]

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Poll: Who should be the Mets’ fifth starter?

The Mets have three options for their fifth starter in 2017. Robert Gsellman had strong peripherals to match his strong results. Seth Lugo had strong results and the team won seven of his eight starts Zack Wheeler looked on the verge of becoming a star before getting injured. Who should get the nod?

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Pre-season pre-game: a day at the QBC

A bunch of Met fans got together in an Astoria bar last Saturday afternoon. A bunch of Met fans has been getting together in some bar or other in the bleak mid-winter since 2014. The Queens Baseball Convention happened this past weekend, and this grass-roots gathering is starting to become an annual rite of winter. [...]

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