The news is in and it is final, the MLB has canceled the minor league season for 2020. The Mets will need to pause the career progress of a number of their most promising players (Ronny Mauricio, Matthew Allan, Francisco Alvarez etc…) as the world reacts to the Covid-19 situation and we hope they will [...]
Neither of my parents were sports fans but they had six boys so they ended up with lots of games being played on the TV in their living room. One thing my mom could never understand is why when one team was way behind that they couldn’t just say “uncle” and have the game be [...]
Recently, Robinson Cano has been missing from camp for an undisclosed reason. Now, it’s possible by the time you read this that Cano has returned and everything is a-ok. But as it’s 2020 and nothing seems to go as one might expect, there’s the possibility that things are less than rosy. What follows is purely [...]
We saw a little preview of the upcoming CBA negotiations with the scuffle between players and owners regarding how the 2020 season would play out. And now we hear of another issue being potentially impacted by a looming labor crisis. In Thursday’s New York Post article by Josh Kosman and Thornton McEnery giving an update [...]
A lot of times it feels like the Mets are trying to catch up to the rest of the league. At one point the trend in the game was to have power arms available in the bullpen to blow hitters away in the late innings. While other teams were loading up their pen with guys [...]
On this date in 2015, Jacob deGrom had one of his signature games, as he hurled eight shutout innings, allowed just three baserunners and notched 10 strikeouts. But it's not the best game ever by a pitcher with Mets ties on July 8. Rather that goes to former first-round pick Billy Traber. The Mets took [...]
Former Green Bay Packers Director Robert C. Gallagher once noted that change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. So, why is it that we’re so resistant to change? And forget thinking about this in your personal life. Instead, think of it through the prism of your favorite sports team or league. Think about [...]
With Spring Training 2.0 now underway at CitiField, the sense that actual baseball being played in 2020 is palpable. No doubt, misgivings about putting people together in the midst of a spiraling pandemic still run deep, especially with Mike Trout, the game’s best player, seriously questioning his participation – and for good reason. Nevertheless, baseball [...]
Who’s the Mets’ biggest rival, the team you enjoy beating most? Your answer might depend upon when you first got into the game. To me it’s always nice to beat the Cubs. Maybe it’s not the same as it was before they finally won the World Series, but the Cubs were a stand-in for futility. [...]
Could we put together a division made up of the different Mets eras? Who would be victorious? What team would finish in last? How competitive would the different eras be? Let’s start with developing the 25-man roster for the Mets teams prior to the Gil Hodges era that began in 1968. The New York Mets [...]
No names. Pick which player you would want if you could only get one: Player A: Age 26, 248 PA, .329/.381/.471/.852, .359 BABIP, 7/8 SB Player B: Age 23, 249 PA, .314/.341/.423/.764, .362 BABIP, 8/13 SB My choice is the second player just based on what we see above. There seems to be more growth potential and upside. It appears both are good players. Now, [...]
Yesterday the New York Post published an article by Mike Puma in which he talked to two anonymous “talent evaluators with strong knowledge of the NL East,” to discuss which club in the division had the best rotation. On the surface, a decent idea for a column. In reality, a reminder of why this blog [...]