Mets 2019 projections: Jason Vargas

Jason Vargas is a nice representation of everything that troubles me about the way the Mets conduct business. They like to reward old guys from other organizations with limited upside and Vargas checks all three of those boxes. That being said, he’s a perfectly fine fifth starter and if the biggest problem on your team [...]

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Thursday open thread – 2/28/19

Watching the spring training game yesterday I was as excited to hear the familiar banter of Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez as I was to see a few familiar faces on the field. Keith spoke glowingly about both Robinson Cano's swing and the way his 2006 Mercedes Benz drives. Sometimes it's like having Frasier Crane in [...]

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The Mets’ year of doubling down

This offseason, the New York Mets made considerable strides to upgrade their infield and overall positional flexibility. The acquisitions of Robinson Cano, J.D. Davis, Adeiny Hechavarria, and Jed Lowrie, defenders at the second base through third base positions, have provided Mickey Callaway the ability to mix and match his lineup card more tactfully. The bullpen [...]

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Edwin Diaz and the revamped Mets bullpen

New Mets closer Edwin Diaz is perhaps the most intriguing addition to the Mets for this season, and maybe in several years. Last year the Mets bullpen was near the bottom of MLB in performance, this year with Diaz and some other additions the relief corps could be among the best. Diaz is young, he [...]

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Mets Minors: Thoughts on first two Grapefruit League games

Spring Training is underway and the Mets are playing baseball again. Two games into the Spring schedule and the Mets are looking like they’ve got a long road towards any semblance of baseball dominance but it’s still early enough that you aren’t actually watching the “true” Mets roster. It typically takes a while for teams [...]

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Keon Broxton and his place on the 2019 Mets

The Mets made a fair number of moves in this past offseason and we spent a fair amount of time discussing them. And now with Grapefruit League play underway, we get to see these guys in a Mets uniform for the first time. After watching about two-thirds of Saturday’s game against the Braves, this morning’s [...]

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T.J. and the crowded infield

The story had almost every element imaginable that you could want to it. He is from New York City. In high school, the field he played on had no pitcher’s mound. He went undrafted out of Troy University, and signed with the New York Mets. T.J. Rivera was electric when he rose up to the [...]

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Filling out the Mets opening day score card

Barring any last minute moves by our nimble general manager, the Mets roster appears ready to go ahead of tomorrow's first spring training game. All but the last spot on the bench and two spots in the bullpen are pretty locked up, but injuries always happen in spring training as we were reminded waiting on the [...]

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BP’s new ‘DRC’ metric and what it means for Mets hitters

This winter Baseball Prospectus (BP) developed a new metric called “Deserved Runs Created” that they hope becomes the most advanced and accurate measure of a hitter’s contribution. The math behind it is pretty frightening, and they withhold the actual calculations to prevent another site from copying it, but BP has released a series of articles [...]

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