In his final 60 games of 2019, Michael Conforto had a .913 OPS. In his first 42 games of last year, he had a .926 mark. So, what happened in the middle of the year? In the May 16 game, the one that ended the opening hot streak, Conforto collided with Robinson Cano and ended [...]
Over the last year or so, I have found myself mentioning quite often that I feel Amed Rosario’s career path is trajecting like Xander Bogaerts’ and expect similar results. Rosario was the top prospect in baseball upon being brought to the big leagues and Keith Law called him “a tool shed.” Too, FanGraphs rated him [...]
Spring Training is the time for optimism. The Mets are going to win the NL East, Jeff McNeil is going to win the batting title, Jeurys Familia has lost 30 pounds and is in the best shape of his life, Michael Wacha is throwing harder than ever – yada, yada, yada. Optimism is good and [...]
One of the things to look at with Spring Training stats is who's getting playing time. The top five players with the most ABs so far for the Mets include three guys who were on the team last year. Another guy is top prospect Andres Gimenez. And the remaining player is Ryan Cordell. Who? Back [...]
Rumors are swirling about a potential Steven Matz trade, with the idea that the Yankees are among those interested in the Mets’ lefty. It seems pretty unlikely to me that the Mets would deal Matz, or any starting pitcher, during Spring Training or before the trade deadline. The Mets are in the enviable position of [...]
Almost nothing brings a smile to winter-weary baseball fans than the reporting of pitchers and catchers to camp, followed by position players, then the first crack of the bat for a Spring Training game. We know it’s almost really here, actual baseball cannot be far off. And nothing accompanies actual visual contact of the team [...]
The Mets made the World Series in 2015, which isn’t that long ago but, in some respects, seems like it was a different lifetime. The average age of that World Series team was 28.8, perhaps slightly older than one might expect but it wasn’t exactly the 1980 Phillies “Wheeze Kids,” who averaged 30.9 years of [...]