Things are a lot easier if your players stay healthy. In 2021, 11 teams won at least 90 games. Eight of those 11 teams had a minimum of four players amass at least 500 PA, with the Red Sox, Blue Jays and Astros each having six players reach that threshold. The Mets had three, which [...]
If you’re a card collector, or if you read Marvin Miller’s book, you know that the 1969 Topps set was a really tough one for Topps. Miller, in one of his early acts as head of the union, tried to get Topps to increase the amount of money it paid the players in licensing. Topps [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. At The Athletic, Tim Britton wrote about an extension for Brandon Nimmo. If only someone had argued for that last year. Anyway, while reading Britton's piece, a thought jumped to mind. If Nimmo is able to put his injury issues behind him [...]
On November 26, the Mets signed three free agents to major league contracts. According to FanGraphs’ Roster Resource section, in the six-day period from 11/26 to 12/1, MLB clubs signed 40 free agents to MLB deals. In the same six-day period in 2020, there were four such deals. It just shows you what can be [...]