The Mets wasted way too much time the past two offseasons trying to acquire a President of Baseball Operations (PoBO.) In hindsight, that unsuccessful chase of a PoBO helped ruin their 2021 season. It led to the panic hire of an inexperienced GM and the continued employment of an overmatched manager. However, before any games [...]
The Mets have chosen Buck Showalter to replace the fired Luis Rojas, inking the veteran skipper to a three-year deal. Since the end of the season, the Mets have hired a GM and manager and have made four major free agent signings, including Max Scherezer to a record-setting deal. What will people complain about now? [...]
While the New York Mets can’t make partnerships with players currently due to the lockout, nothing’s stopping them from making new business partnerships. On Friday, it was announced that Samsung would become Citi Field’s official display and technology partner. Besides this just being a corporate partnership name and a billboard at the ballpark, this is [...]
When I first started collecting, the conventional wisdom was that getting autographs on your cards lessened their value. Not sure why this was the prevailing view – maybe the thought was that it would be too easy to counterfeit. Anyway, card manufacturers began to create autographed cards and no one thinks they detract from the [...]
The Hall of Fame used to mean a lot to me but now I don’t care. Not the concept, or the place itself. It’s actually a pretty terrific museum, if not in the most convenient place ever. If you’ve never been, you absolutely need to go. And one of the rarely-spoken things about Cooperstown is [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. John wrote an interesting piece yesterday, asking if the Mets would have been better not making any trades since Brodie Van Wagenen took over. Metsense had a strong comment, comparing all of the players head to head and thinking that the current [...]
What if the Mets had made no external moves over the past few years, that means no trades, no free-agent signings, but also would mean retention of their own free agents. This obviously is not practical, but it might be interesting to see what the roster would look like going into 2022, if the Mets [...]
A New Top 10 Prospect The Mets and their new GM have been very busy over the last couple of days and the new additions of Max Scherzer, Starling Marte, Mark Canha and Eduardo Escobar stole the headlines but the acquisition of Nick Plummer should not be overlooked. The former first round draft pick (23rd [...]
If the Mets don’t make any additional moves this offseason, David Peterson begins the year as the club’s fifth starter. Only people who are related to Peterson want to see him in the rotation for Opening Day. But how does the club handle him? Assuming they make a move to replace him in the rotation, [...]
Nothing causes you to examine your present quite like something good happening to someone from your past. Your childhood best friend gets married and that makes you wonder why you can’t get a date. A co-worker – hired the same day as you -- gets a great promotion and you find yourself still in the [...]
If Bud Harrelson played in the 21st Century, it’s doubtful if he would make the majors. If he did make the majors, it wouldn’t have been as a starter. And even if he somehow became a starter, he wouldn’t have made two All-Star teams. Harrelson wouldn’t have been the “star” that he was in his [...]
A blast from the past with a twist! Recently, SNY reported that a "Mystery candidate," will be interviewing for the open Mets managerial job today. A tactic widely used by Scott Boras to drum up interest in his clients, it's kind of fun to see it used in a different manner. The mind boggles at [...]