The Mets picked up former overall number-one pick and five-time All Star Adrian Gonzalez during the offseason. The idea was that Gonzalez would allow Dominic Smith to get more seasoning at Triple-A after Smith came up last year and did not overwhelm either at the plate or in the field. In an injury-plagued season in [...]
Taking the next step in our quest to accurately evaluate drafting from the opening decade of the 21st century, I used the ranking system Brian unveiled and assigned values for every first-round pick arranged by team. The goal is to assess which teams got the most out of their first-rounders over a 10-year period. To [...]
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One of the true surprises of this spring training has been the play of second baseman Gavin Cecchini. The Mets’ first round pick in the 2012 June draft has not exactly set the world on fire in his professional career so far. His slash line at Vegas last year was .267/.329/.380, a distinct regression from [...]
Edgardo Alfonzo has been around the Brooklyn Cyclones for the past few seasons and has now worked his way up to managing the team. He’s joined by two other notable former players, Royce Ring and Marlon Anderson. We all have fond memories of Fonzie back when he manned the Met infield with Robin Ventura, Rey [...]
It’s long been my opinion that MLB in general and the Mets in particular spend too much time worrying about which hand a pitcher throws with and not enough time worrying if the pitcher is, you know, any good. It’s how the Mets have wound up giving innings to Scott Schoeneweis and Robert Carson and [...]
Brandon Nimmo has a perception problem. And since we all know that perception dictates reality, well, you can see how this might be an issue. The perception is that he was a bust of a draft pick who doesn’t do anything really well. While he might be just fine as a fourth outfielder, he’s not [...]
Under the plans the four regular starters still will work on a standard five-day routine, but the Rays will use several of the relievers to cover the fifth day, what they will call "a bullpen day." And part of the benefit of that is using multiple pitchers who have different looks to only go through [...]
A recent article by Joel Sherman of the New York Post criticized the New York Mets organization for the way they let Yoenis Cespedes act around camp, and the way that the team handles media relations in general. As you can see, Sherman is not very fond of the fact that not only is Cespedes [...]
It’s spring training. We know. It doesn’t mean beans or predict anything. It’s only two starts. We know that, too. Even if the games meant something, two starts covering five innings is no sample size at all. But it is spring training and if you’re a baseball fan who can’t let your mind wander to [...]
We’re 12 games into the Grapefruit League season for the 2018 Mets and a two-game winning streak leaves the squad at 5-7. Few care about Spring Training standings and the number’s not significantly different for Spring Training stats as a whole. But while others take great glee in shouting from the rooftops how numbers in [...]