The Mets have four big-name players who are on the verge of free agency. You can make cases for retaining all of them but the odds of all four players being in Queens next year seem very low indeed. So, how would you prioritize these four in terms of potential importance to the 2022 Mets? [...]
Recently, this bombshell appeared in The Athletic about the Mets’ search for a President of Baseball Operations: Owner Steve Cohen is running the executive search on his own, according to multiple sources, with little input even from team president Sandy Alderson. No doubt this made the Alderson haters, who blame him for everything, including the [...]
On paper, the Mets have had a roster brimming with talent that hasn't sniffed the post-season in five years. Whether you blame it on injuries, luck, coaching, or organizational approach, it's obvious we can't bring the exact same squad back for 2022. Here are five creative ways for the GM-to-be-named-later to shake things up. 1- [...]
Javier Baez made his MLB debut in 2014. Guess how many cards he has? If he made his debut in 1964, the answer would be easy. Well, maybe not the exact answer but pretty close. Assuming Topps guessed right and gave him a spot on a multi-player rookie card in his debut season, that would [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Here are the OPS numbers for Mets' hitters in the second half of the season: .921 - Pete Alonso (324 PA) .876 - Javier Baez (184) .813 - Francisco Lindor (158) .810 - Brandon Nimmo (260) .792 - Michael Conforto (274) .760 [...]
While we wait for the World Series, and the World Series to end and the Hot Stove League to begin, Brian Joura (BJ) and I (CD) touched base to exchange a few thoughts about the Mets, past, present and future. Chris Dial: Hi Brian. Thirty-five years ago the ball rolled through Buckner's legs. Do you [...]
The Mets are in a somewhat common position for them, that is going into the offseason needing to hire a new manager. They’ve had three in just the past three seasons, with Mickey Callaway skippering the team in 2019, then Carlos Beltran for about a nanosecond, and Luis Rojas then managing for the past two [...]
The Mets have the wealthiest owner in MLB. They also have a clear need for starting pitching. Those two factors have made everyone fall in line in agreement that the Mets should give the Qualifying Offer (QO) to Noah Syndergaard. But my belief is that it would be a mistake for the Mets to do [...]
It’s going to be an interesting offseason (...again) for the New York Mets. A new front office, a (mostly) new coaching staff, and decisions on whether to cut bait or retain underperforming players are just some of the decisions on the docket this fall and winter. It’s anyone’s guess how it’ll all play out. A [...]
About a month and a half after New York City held a ticker tape parade for the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets, the organization made what would later appear to be the only major acquisition of the 1986 offseason (they would also acquire David Cone that offseason, but it wasn’t viewed as a [...]
The Mets are once again looking for a General Manager and a Manager as the offseason begins but that is not their biggest problem. The biggest problem the Mets have is that their payroll is bloated by $20 Million Dollar cheater. Sportrac suggests that the Mets have roughly $100.5 Million to spend this offseason to [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. In an open thread 11 months ago, my call was for Jeff Luhnow to be the new PoBO for the Mets. It still makes as much sense now as it did then. Perhaps even more. Now that the big three have all [...]