Whether or not General Manager Sandy Alderson decides to return next year, his upcoming moves and decisions leading up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline should all be based on one thing and one thing only - will it give my team a better chance to win in 2018? If you want to hold [...]
Not everyone's first career start is a magical storybook affair. Chris Flexen learned that the hard way last night, when his 0-2 curveball was rocked over the wall by Padres leadoff hitter Manuel Margot. Flexen would go on to only last three innings, as the Mets stumbled to defeat against the Padres, 7-5. In his [...]
The Mets have seven U.S. based minor league teams, which means they have a minimum of 175 guys in their farm system. Factoring in the disabled list, it’s a little more than that – let’s call it 180. Typically, in any year there are somewhere in the vicinity of 40 guys who will one day [...]
The San Diego Padres handed the Mets only their second loss in their last eight games. Steven Matz was charged with the loss, his third straight. Matz lasted only three innings, and his work in that time was not pretty. He allowed nine hits, and six earned runs. He did not walk any batters. This [...]
Sometimes, it seems like self-awareness is the most important attribute an MLB General Manager can have. When the trading deadline arrives, as it will in four days, you have to cast a cold eye at the team in front of you and make decisions based on business and where you are in the standings. You [...]
Off the record, other front office members expounded on the role of familiarity. “Familiarity makes everything run more smoothly,” said one. “Sometimes that’s personal familiarity, and it’s often easier to start conversations or let something more open-ended develop casually if there’s enough of a relationship that there’s less formality. Sometimes that’s professional familiarity, and both [...]
Numerous reports indicate that this is probably the last season as a Met for first baseman Lucas Duda. He will either be traded before the July 31 deadline or else will likely sign elsewhere for the 2018 campaign, as his current contract with the Mets expires after this season. Assuming Duda does go, the presumptive [...]
Yoenis Cespedes single-handedly beat the Padres with a home run, triple, and double, knocking in three of the Mets' six runs. In typical Mets fashion, Cespedes had to exit the game with "leg fatigue" before he had a chance to complete the cycle. On a positive note, the Mets continue their trend of winning when [...]
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