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Back in December of 2018, my opinion was that the Mets would be better served signing Zack Wheeler to an extension rather than Jacob deGrom. The rationale was not that Wheeler was a better pitcher than deGrom but rather because the Mets could still get Wheeler at a discount. Also, at the time Wheeler was [...]
From 2015-2018, Carlos Carrasco amassed the seventh-most fWAR among MLB pitchers, one spot ahead of Gerrit Cole and one behind Justin Verlander. Then came his battle with leukemia in 2019. A medication regimen allowed Carrasco to return to the mound late in the 2019 season and by the end of 2020, he seemed to be [...]
February 13, 1920 is one of the most important days in the history of baseball. It was on that day that Andrew “Rube” Foster met at the YMCA on 18th and Vine St. in Kansas City, Missouri with owners of six other black baseball teams and formed the first Negro National League. At its peak, [...]
There are many factors to consider when determining what type of contract to offer a free agent player. And certainly, different teams can assign different weights to each factor. Many teams were scared off by the age and health of Rich Hill. But the Rays felt like the way they manage the workloads of their [...]
We are -- cautiously – on the doorstep of spring training 2021. The qualifier is used because we are all still subject to the whims and fancies of COVID-19. The equipment trucks have headed South, sure, and there is a schedule out for all kinds of games, but the pandemic still has the final say. [...]
It seems like the Mets’ offseason is not over yet. No one should be surprised if they sign another starting pitcher candidate and they would do backflips if they could somehow shuttle a bullpen contract or two. But with all of the moves that they’ve made so far, it seems like a good time to [...]
“DeGrom’s got the best mechanics, I tell anybody, and a lot of it’s his body, how much of an athlete he is. A lot of it is also physical and what he was born with,” Stroman said. “I think deGrom has the best hip disassociation out of any pitcher or anybody in the league, and [...]
It's the 50th anniversary of the founding of SABR - Society for American Baseball Research. To celebrate, SABR offers 50 moments in the evolution of baseball analytics for the past 50 years. This is a great piece for people to learn important moments in the game's history from a non-player point of view. What makes [...]
What a difference a year makes. This time in 2020, Mets fans thought the world revolved around Pete Alonso. Now there’s a portion of the fan base – 10%? 15%? 20%? – who advocate trading Alonso to play Dominic Smith at first base. Before we discuss that craziness, let’s see what the computer models are [...]
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“Hello everybody I’m Lindsey Nelson,” was the first phrase ever proclaimed on the very first New York Mets MLB broadcast, back in April of 1962. Nelson delivered that phrase in a cheerful, upbeat style, as he would for the rest of his broadcast days. He also spoke it in the distinctive twang of his native [...]