Each year with the predictions column I start by going back to the previous year’s piece. The goal is to get more than 50 percent right, while not making boring predictions. Not once in all of the years of doing this have more turned out right than wrong. Out of last year’s batch, only five [...]
If a well-respected baseball man from another country - who had no idea who any of the players were nor what their status was - was put in charge of the Mets and given 100% freedom to pick and choose who started, who played where and what role they had on the team, what would [...]
We’re on the cusp of a 60-game season with 30-man rosters, no fans in the stadiums, the DH in the National League and a rookie manager. What could possibly go wrong? Hanging over everything is the knowledge that this truncated baseball campaign might not even be completed as now scheduled. Some people don’t even think [...]
Everyone associated with baseball has thus far mostly treated Opening Day the way they would a teammate throwing seven no-hit innings. They keep quiet about it. They don’t advertise it. They don’t want to jinx anything. This includes players, sure, but extends to anyone else with an interest — passive, active, otherwise — in seeing [...]
With baseball finally back in the form of exhibition games between the Mets and Yankees over the weekend, it is feels nice to get to nit-pick manager’s lineup decisions again. First year manager Luis Rojas has the luxury of a talented and deep set of hitters to draw from, but already he has raised some [...]
It’s weird the things we miss when they’re no longer available to us. Paul McCartney was asked about this after Beatlemania hit and he responded about riding a bus. This morning we got to do something that we typically do every day at this time but haven’t been able to do in four months – [...]
Over the course of the 2019 season, Jacob deGrom affirmed himself atop the throne of New York pitching. Pound for pound, statistic for statistic, deGrom outperformed every other starter in not only New York, but the entire Senior Circuit. En-route to claiming his second consecutive National League Cy Young Award, deGrom brought himself to an [...]
This article wasn't exactly what I was expecting but it did have one pretty good idea - create a Red Zone type channel for MLB. MLB does not have that outlet. And the truth is, it’s the sport that might need it the most. Baseball games can be dull. Action is not guaranteed. When forced [...]
Last season the Mets used 30 different pitchers, with 21 of those not making a single start. In 2009, those numbers were 24 and 13, respectively. Over the last decade, the trend has been towards more pitchers in general and specifically more relievers. On top of there being more relievers, we’ve also seen more innings [...]
On July 22, 1986, the New York Mets played a road game against the Cincinnati Reds. Bobby Ojeda started against rookie Scott Terry. The Red led 3-1 with two outs in the 9th inning when Dave Parker dropped what should have been the final out of the game. In the 10th inning, pinch-runner Eric Davis [...]
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The Mets have a load of candidates for the inaugural season of NL DH play. Following is a listing of players who are likely to be on the roster opening day, or in some cases on the so-called taxi squad, whose most productive position at this point in their careers is probably DH. They are [...]