What a difference a year makes. This time last year, significantly more people thought that Brandon Nimmo was a bust than those who thought he was a major league regular. And then not only did he remove the bust label from his name, he went out and finished second in the league in OBP (.404) [...]
There was an interesting piece in the New York Post over the weekend concerning former Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera. Cabrera, an unsigned free agent as of this writing, expressed the lament that he would have loved to come back to the Mets but he realized that would not happen after the team signed Jed Lowrie. [...]
Brodie Van Wagenen said that his goal this offseason was to eliminate the “ifs.” Some have wondered if while he was doing this, he should have addressed the rotation and brought in a starter to bump last year’s number five guy to the bullpen. Virtually no one is happy with last year’s fifth starter but [...]
The following quote appeared in MetsBlog: "I've never operated this offseason to wait and see if a market dropped," Van Wagenen also declared. "In fact, all of our moves have not been market contingent, they've been roster contingent - how do these players fit?" On one hand it's refreshing to hear about the needs of [...]
The Mets have invited some interesting names to Spring Training and some have a legitimate chance to make the team. However, with an overcrowded infield and more depth than the Mets are used to seeing, it’s hard to see some of these people as contenders. OF Rajai Davis: The Mets snaked one of the best [...]
In the late 1960’s, the New York Mets had one of the best 1-2 punches on the mound that the world would ever see. The second punch was not ready to be great just yet. The first punch was already at that elite level at the age of 22 when he was selected to the [...]
Thanks to the wheeling and dealing of GM Brodie Van Wagenen, the Mets have plugged a lot of holes and seemingly improved in a number of areas. The roster is still taking shape but, so far, it looks quite a bit different than the one with which we ended the 2018 season. The addition of [...]
No matter how many times I refresh my Twitter feed, the big hot stove moves still don't seem to want to happen. This was a pretty slow January week. A few items of note. 1) Happy to see our old friend Wilmer Flores found a home and I wish him well in Arizona 2) Yasmani [...]
The flurry of trades and signings the Mets front office made recently has come to the praise of many, in addition to the dismay of many more. That part at least is typical Mets, but what is unusual is the moves themselves. In past offseasons the Mets have made minimal moves. This is not necessarily [...]
Wilmer Flores lands on his feet (ha!) after being non-tendered by the Mets, as he inks a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The contract is one year with a club option for 2020 that guarantees Flores $4.25 million. He gets $3.75 million in 2019 and has a $6 million team option the following year, with [...]
Mets fans did not appreciate enough what a fine season Noah Syndergaard had in 2018. While all of the attention was rightly focused on the tremendous year put up by Jacob deGrom, Syndergaard put up a season right in the ballpark with his All-Star campaign of 2016. But there were the DL trips that limited [...]
So far this offseason, rookie GM Brodie Van Wagenen has been wheeling and dealing players as much or more than any Mets GM ever. By signing Wilson Ramos and shipping out Kevin Plawecki, he’s remade the catching corps. He’s tinkered with the outfield, banishing Jay Bruce and acquiring Keon Broxton. The bullpen has been recast [...]