It’s been well documented that Noah Syndergaard preferred to pitch to Tomas Nido rather than Wilson Ramos. But there’s a pitcher who had an even better case than Syndergaard to prefer Nido. Ex-Met Wilmer Font had a 1.107 OPS allowed and a 7.27 ERA with Ramos behind the plate, compared to a .472 OPS and [...]
The optimistic Mets fan might be singing “Don’t worry, be happy” this offseason. And why not, with a team including a bunch of young, elite players, led by Pete Alonso. The pessimistic Mets fan, on the other hand, might well sing “Oh, got something worrying me” with a respectable number of worries to fret about [...]
Much was made of the Mets' decision to draft Matthew Allan, the top rated high school pitcher in the 2019 draft, in the third round. The risk was that Allan would skip out on signing with the Mets in order to go to college and attempt for an even higher draft position in two years. [...]
Two of the top 10 pitchers over the past two seasons in fWAR are free agents this year. The main target will be Gerrit Cole, who ranks third in the majors with a 13.4 fWAR. Most people would guess Stephen Strasburg, who can opt out of his deal, as the other but they would be [...]
Early next year will be the 10th anniversary for Mets360. When it was my 10th wedding anniversary, a former colleague of mine, an older fellow, congratulated me and said, “The first 10 are the hardest.” Does the same thing apply to baseball blogs? Maybe it does. While there’s been continuity, there have certainly been plenty [...]
Firing a manager is the easy, if necessary, part. Now the question is: Who do the Mets get to fill the vacancy? It's another test for Brodie Van Wagenen. He failed the "big trade" test but seemed to hit a home run in his first MLB draft. How he does here may go a long [...]
The team's hot play in the second half of the season couldn't save Mickey Callaway's job. Today the Mets announced that they had fired the skipper that led the club the past two seasons. A search will get underway immediately. Without a playoff berth, it was unlikely that Callaway was going to return for his [...]
During Spring Training the debate was whether the Mets should keep Pete Alonso down for three weeks to gain the extra year of control. My position then was that if the Mets determine that he's one of their best 25 guys, then he should make the Opening Day roster. Now, that's not to say my [...]
Let’s go back and re-visit the preseason projections made here at the site. Today we’ll look at the starting pitchers. A forecast was made for all five guys who began the year in the rotation. Let’s compare the Mets360 forecast to what the player actually did. And if a reader put in a particularly good [...]
It’s never fun to write about the Mets’ payroll. So, let’s get all of the vitriol out of the way early. The Wilpons are cheap. They charge New York prices and run a Jacksonville payroll. They’re a bunch of shortsighted people who don’t understand that you have to spend money to make money. They should [...]