Robinson Cano put up a 2.9 fWAR in 80 games last year, which is a terrific number. It’s almost as good as the 2.7 mark Jeff McNeil put up in 63 games. Of course unlike McNeil, Cano has a track record, three times turning in a season of at least 6.0 fWAR, the last one [...]
Brodie Van Wagenen has only been on the job as the Mets GM for a few months, but the outline of the way he operates is taking shape. Let’s examine the approach the former player agent has pursued in running the Mets front office. 1. He tends to favor experience over youth in his roster-building. [...]
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If you look at the Mets options at first base the 2018 stats tell the story of a few different types of players but Peter Alonso’s stats jump out to fans. Yet, let’s look at several options in the Mets system who showed similar stats in AAA. Player AB AVG OBP SLG K 2B HR [...]
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The Mets have five terrific prospects and it would have been six if they hadn’t dealt Jarred Kelenic in the offseason. In addition to the loss of their 2018 first-round pick, the Mets also shipped out two other guys who would have been in the top 10 – Justin Dunn and Luis Santana – as [...]
Baseball free agency is a slow moving, ugly dance. Arbitration hearings show the ugliest side, although they are advertised as a civilized meeting to get to a contract agreement. In reality, they prove often to be “justified” character attacks on players by teams who often don’t want to budge on their contract offers. This moves [...]
For teams in deep rebuild like the Marlins and half the American League it's easy to just point to the lack of talent as the reason why they can't finish over .500 and compete for the playoffs. For the rest of MLB, talent can win some games, but to make the playoffs you have to [...]
Wieck was drafted by the Mets in 2014 and moved in the Alex Torres deal
Certainly we’ve all heard that Mets slugging prospect Peter Alonso might start the year in Triple-A Syracuse to avoid achieving “Super Two status,” but you may still be wondering what does that exactly mean. While we hope Alonso becomes a super player for us, avoiding Super Two status would save the Mets money on Alonso [...]
Happy Valentine's Day to all those who call Mr. Met their soulmate. Curious question. Let’s say the guidelines for rookie contracts and arb eligibility change with the new CBA. Maybe we eliminate super 2 status, or shorten the duration of rookie contracts or arb eligibility. Does the change impact current arb eligible players and those [...]
Throughout the last two regular seasons, the topic of the Injured List (formerly the Disabled List), has been discussed more than anything else surrounding the Mets. Each season, they have appeared second overall in Roster Effect Rating, which measures the amount of value lost due to injury according to Roster Resource. While the ratings are [...]