There is an undeniable chemistry that has been built with the current players that inhabit the roster of the New York Mets. This chemistry is often talked about when championship team discussions are brought to the table as an intangible, unmeasurable quality that a championship team must possess. Mets fans witnessed it firsthand in 2015, [...]
The offseason is always tough because we go from the media having daily access to all of the players to having access to only those who choose to return texts or emails. And that’s assuming that players give that information out in the first place. If you were a multi-millionaire, would you willingly give out [...]
This is another song that started in one spot and ended in another. The attempt was to write a song about a Met player that nobody would ever think of focusing on. It started with Barry Lyons but got nowhere fast. While doing work on the Lyons song, the focus shifted to one of the [...]
With Noah Syndergaard's season-ending injury, the best reason to keep Tomas Nido on the roster is gone. Does that change the Mets' thinking about the backup catcher position? Do they keep Nido because it's the easiest thing to do? Do they utilize Rene Rivera as the backup? Or do they look to make a trade [...]
This year is the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Mets team. Although not as celebrated as its predecessor, the World Series winner of 1969, the ‘70 club was interesting in its own right. With a few breaks, it might have been playing meaningful ball in October. The defending champs were in contention for most of [...]
Last month the focus here was on Patrick Mazeika, a “hitting” catcher who is already past the age that most prospects have reached the majors. As great as his Spring Training numbers were, even I know that Mazeika will never impact a major league team in any meaningful way so instead of focusing on players [...]
With no games being played, it’s a tough time for baseball sites. Baseball-Reference is asking people to share their newsletters while FanGraphs is asking people to become a member or up their membership level. The reasons for this are that readership at these major sites has dropped off significantly, creating a big loss of advertising [...]
Once many years ago there was a piece in the New York Times which said that baseball should allow the batter the option of running to either third base or first base after he hit the ball. My immediate reaction was – That’s pretty stupid. If you think about it for just a minute, you’d [...]
It’s certainly been an eventful ride for J.D. Davis since joining the Mets. Acquired to be a depth infield piece and lefty masher, Davis ended up getting nearly full-time play in 2019, with most of it coming in the outfield. And he did just fine against RHP, too. Then when it seemed like he had [...]
The 1962 Mets were one of the worst teams in the history of professional Baseball. They won 40 games and lost 120, while producing enough ineptitude to fill multiple volumes of literature over the years. The reasons for these foibles are many. One was the expansion draft itself. It was held only seven days after [...]
Last year, Dominic Smith proved to be a valuable reserve, finally delivering on the promise that at one time had him ranked as the top first base prospect in the minors. Of course with the season Pete Alonso turned in, it looks like Smith's future on the Mets is limited to being a reserve And [...]
After using the Baseball-Reference Play Index tool last week to look at the batters who did the best against the Mets, now it’s time to see which opposing pitchers did the best. We’re going to have a minimum of 100 IP against the Mets to qualify for these lists. We’ll list the top 10 pitchers [...]