There have been a ton of posts about what the Mets should do this offseason. Do A, B and C and the playoffs are guaranteed! But let's look at the flip side of things. What should the team avoid doing for the best chance of success in the future?
Outfielder Michael Conforto under performed in the first half of 2018 for the Mets, followed by a very good second half. Which Conforto can we expect in 2019, the bad hitter of the first half or the sweet-swinging slugger of the second half? Looking at his first half through the FanGraphs splits tool, we see [...]
Who do you think will take home the hardware this offseason?
As we hit the Top 30 we start to get into players I legitimately like a lot and others that scouts are still sold on. People will know how much I love Jeremy Vasquez who is coming off two successive years of strong success in the minors and also that Tyler Bashlor’s low WHIP is [...]
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"When you bite off more than you can chew you got to pay the penalty Somebody's got to tell the tale I guess it must be up to me"
Buster Olney, a widely respected baseball writer and sideline reporter for ESPN, is one of the more respected media personalities in baseball. Along with Ken Rosenthal, Olney is considered by many to be a “must-follow” on Twitter. His content is considered so valuable by ESPN that you need to pay to read it. Olney has [...]
The 2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were issued this week. Among the list of 54 finalists (three at each position per league) and 19 winners (there was one tie) there was not one single Mets player. Examining the list, it is noteworthy that 12 of the 19 winners were from playoff teams. Exposure helps, sure, [...]
The Mets have made many costly free agent mistakes over the years. At the time, signing Jason Bay, Bobby Bonilla and others seemed like a good idea. They had a track record of success, were still in their prime and coming off a good year. Hindsight is 20/20 so it's easy to now point to the [...]
So the MLB General Managers’ Meetings are happening this week in Carlsbad, California. Various front office and agent types are bobbing in and out of each others’ lives, trying to lay the groundwork for some future cooperation. It’s a nice little prelude to the big Winter Meetings to be held in Las Vegas – that [...]
There are a lot of reasons for the Mets not to give Bryce Harper the time of day this offseason. His salary demands are outrageous, he’s a corner outfielder and the Mets don’t need any more of those, the Mets announcers openly questioned his hustle and commitment last year and perhaps most damning of all [...]
Mets’ center fielder Juan Lagares has had some recent thumbs down years, due his thumb being in a cast. In June of 2016 he tore the ligaments in his left thumb attempting a diving catch, then in June of 2017 he broke the same thumb, again on a diving try. The injuries lead to much [...]