The Mets haven’t gone into the offseason with this much uncertainty in a long time. If the pennant-winning campaign of 2015 seems an eternity ago, think about the year prior. Of course, the seeds of the future NL Champs were in place, but nobody knew nothin’ about where it would end up. Where it would [...]
Due to the uncertainty of the health of the Mets’ starting pitchers, most fans would prefer if the team added a starter who could give the team, at the very least, 30 starts and 180 or so innings. Because of the team’s limited financial ability, most have turned away from the very top of the [...]
There are some question marks concerning the 2018 infield for the Mets, especially at second base. Conversely, the Chicago Cubs have an excellent young player who is a natural second baseman in Ian Happ. Happ actually played more in the outfield than at second in 2017, due to the presence of the acrobatic Javier Baez [...]
As the Mets stare at Shohei Ohtani with longing and despair we should look at the players the Mets have spent their international signing bonuses on in recent years. One should always remember that the international market is essentially a high-stakes game of roulette. Sometimes you hit the numbers and win big but often you [...]
The 2018 season will be the 10th year in which the Mets have called Citi Field home. No one doubts that the ballpark is a whole lot nicer than Shea Stadium and with the 2015 and 2016 seasons, the park has seen both meaningful games in September and playoff baseball, incredibly important factors for the [...]
The solution was to appeal to the group whose opinions the Hall clearly doesn’t respect. This year, the Baseball Writers Association of America asked the Hall to publicly release every ballot with the name of the writer who cast it. Transparency matters, and the BBWAA voted in favor of public accountability. The Hall rejected that [...]
Beginning in 2018, the Mets will hold ownership in the Syracuse Chiefs, who are a Triple-A team that plays in the International League. The Mets, who currently play their Triple-A ball in Las Vegas, are making a very smart business decision in their move to the fifth largest city in the state of New York. [...]
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're aware that there has been a ton of discussion online lately about the AL MVP vote and the discussion took an unexpected turn when Bill James got involved and attacked the utilization of the various WAR metrics. Baseball-Reference.com's Sean Forman has been responding to James and throughout [...]
Lefties are an odd bunch. So in demand, yet, as prospects, they often don't develop as predictably as their right-handed counter parts. While some elite lefties come out of the gate strong like Clayton Kershaw, Chris Sale and Cole Hamels, many need a few years to find their groove. Be it mechanics, control or injuries, [...]
The next entry in our preseason projection review series is a tragic tale in more ways than one. You see, Noah Syndergaard was primed to take over the New York rotation by continuing to establish himself as one of the most dominant hurlers in baseball. He was excited by this, as were fans. In fact, [...]
In 1961, the newly minted expansion New York Mets started signing eligible players, before the MLB team had ever taken the field. Among the first signees was 18 year old outfielder Paul Blair, signed for a $2000 dollar bonus right out of high school by west coast scout Babe Herman. Herman, by the way, had [...]
