Looking for meaning in early Mets Spring Training numbers

The phrase “Spring Training numbers mean nothing!” has replaced the swallows returning to Capistrano as the surest harbinger of winter receding. It’s repeated everywhere and gained enough traction to be considered gospel in most quarters. It’s easy to understand why. Spring Training numbers have the misfortune of being small samples, compiled against a wide variety [...]

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The original star breakup: José Reyes and David Wright

Recently, there has been massive coverage in the sports world of the recently developed rivalry between Kevin Durant and Russel Westbrook. This rivalry has been caused single-handedly by Durant, who chose to depart Westbrook's Oklahoma City Thunder. Many were under the impression that Westbrook and Durant were great friends, which propelled the storyline of their [...]

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The Mets are tripping over themselves for the wrong guy

Back in the late 1980's and early 1990's the Mets front office and dugout went to great lengths to accommodate their most promising young player - Gregg Jefferies. For those of you too young to remember, Jefferies was the Bryce Harper of his day, a hardworking, super intense hitter with a fabled workout regimen that [...]

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Early returns on Travis d’Arnaud

Six games, that’s all. That’s how deep we are into the 2017 spring training schedule. So far, it’s been a relatively quiet camp, with some nuggets to glean from this early stage. None of the big four pitchers has faced real, live opposing batters yet. Zack Wheeler has bounced back from his early-camp troubles and [...]

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Could Yoenis Cespedes be the first Met MVP?

Through the years, New York Met players have won numerous individual awards, from Rookie of the Year to the Cy Young Award, but no Met has ever been voted League MVP. The only other Major League clubs who have not yet had a player win MVP are the Miami Marlins, the Arizona D-Backs and Tampa [...]

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