Sandy Alderson and breaking the trend of bad bullpens

Generally, my opinion of Sandy Alderson is higher than a lot of the people reading this. But one of the things that’s important to do, regardless of where you stand on a player, coach or executive, is to try and acknowledge both their strengths and weaknesses. In my view, Alderson is smart, disciplined and not [...]

Fan vote for coveted #1 slot in Topps baseball card set revealed

Topps has announced that Fernando Tatis Jr. will be the first card in their 2021 set. Since 2016, Topps has collected a community vote to decide the top spot. Trout is the only player to have won that vote twice, in '16 and '20. It's fathomable that Tatis could join Trout one day. He's only [...]

Mets 2021 projections: James McCann

The most interesting players are the ones where avid followers can disagree without taking obscure or purely theoretical positions. In recent years, Mets fans here have had these discussions with Wilmer Flores, Juan Lagares, Zack Wheeler and others. If the computer models are any indication, we’ll soon have another player to add to the list [...]

Mets trade Steven Matz to Blue Jays for three pitchers

In a move that seems to suggest a big signing is in the cards, the Mets dealt Steven Matz to the Blue Jays for Sean Reid-Foley and two minor leaguers. Matz was terrible in the shortened 2020 season but was a league-average pitcher in both 2018 and 2019. He's under contract at a reasonable rate [...]

Trevor Bauer is a choir boy compared to some recent Met signings

In the Saturday, January 23 New York Post, there was an article by Ken Davidoff, whose headline proclaimed “Trevor Bauer’s dark social media episode should disqualify him from the Mets.” The incident in question involved a January 2019 twitter argument with a female college student. Bauer apparently posted publicly available photos of the student consuming [...]

Does the George Springer to Toronto signing handcuff the Mets?

Steven A Cohen has started off his ownership with a bang. The trade for Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco, plus the signing of James McCann, has significantly improved the Mets overall quality. Lindor is 15-20 runs better defensively than Amed Rosario and a better hitter as well. McCann’s defense is better than the Mets catchers [...]