The other day, Metsblog’s Matthew Cerrone dropped a nice little tidbit. According to one pre-season book, the Mets head into winter at 20-to-1 to win the 2018 World Series. Now that may not sound too fantastic, but it puts them eighth in line, odds-wise, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, the defending champ Houston [...]
Below we have destinations and contract terms for 17 free agents. None of us claim to be experts on the subject – some claim a lack of expertise here more vociferously than others – so the last thing you should do is use this as a betting guide. Instead this is an opportunity for us [...]
With Veterans Day approaching on November 11, it might be interesting to assemble a lineup of one-time Mets who were veterans, in this instance using the military meaning. My criterion included that a player slotted at a position must have actually played at least one game for the Mets at the position. I am not [...]
This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Brian Kobil This is my second year being [...]
This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Bob Lowe Last year, my first as GM, [...]
For the past few years I’ve offered to follow up the GM Project by publishing a “Report Card” on the armchair GMs who took part. Each year I have someone else grade my team and I would like to thank Joh Fox for doing that this year. I have gone through and done a review [...]
This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. After a few years in a row of getting [...]
The Mets cleared spots on their 40-man roster earlier this offseason by outrighting five players. Four of those became free agents and one, Wuilmer Becerra, remains in the organization but eligible to be picked in the Rule 5 Draft. Of the four who became free agents, one – Phillip Evans – has already re-joined the [...]
This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Steve Hoeffler The Giants do not have many [...]
This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Dan Spiro After finishing the 2017 season with [...]
As soon as Mickey Callaway was hired as manager of the New York Mets, it was almost a guarantee that Kevin Long would be destined for another team. Although it was not the managerial position he was looking for, Long eventually settled with the divisional rival Nationals. There, he will be reunited with Daniel Murphy, [...]
This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By John Coppinger I wanted to reboot the Tigers. [...]