It’s time to look at the recipient of the new $50 million extensions, Jeff McNeil. This time last year, McNeil was coming off the worst season of his career and the computer models put a bunch of weight on that bad performance. The most-optimistic prediction from the six models was the .779 OPS forecast from [...]
For the fourth year running, I am taking a deeper dive into the home runs of Pete Alonso for the season. You can see the progression of these stories in 2019, 2020, and 2021, which shows what a total beast Alonso has become. In reviewing my article for the 2021 season, my closing thoughts looked [...]
Daniel Vogelbach is a polarizing figure on the Mets. There’s a significant chunk of the fanbase that have elevated him to cult-hero status because of his complete lack of an athletic-looking body. If you met him at your kid’s football game and he told you he was a truck driver, you’d say – that sounds [...]
Last week's Divisional Round picks went 3-1 and might have been a clean sweep if Patrick Mahomes didn't get hurt. It helps make up some for a lousy Divisional Round. Playoff picks are 4-6 and today offers the chance to get back to .500 in this regard. All odds are from yahoo!sportsbook, with home teams [...]
Much of the Mets likely starting lineup for 2023 seems set at this point, the one exception might be the catcher spot. James McCann, of course, is (mercifully) out of the picture. Francisco Alvarez is likely to be the catcher of the future, but is probably not quite ready to slip into the starting nine [...]
The Mets’ extension with Jeff McNeil was a no-brainer, particularly with such seemingly team-friendly terms. As noted in Brian’s article detailing that news, the next logical question relates to the team doing the same with Pete Alonso. Despite the love for him in New York (and his record-setting arbitration award for a first baseman), Alonso [...]
There were two players that fans wondered if the Mets would look to lock up early. And the club did just that with Jeff McNeil, signing him to a 4/$50 million deal with a club option for a fifth season at $13.75 million. It seems like an incredible deal for a player coming off a [...]
1988 TOPPS JOHN MITCHELL On the back of this card, we learn that John Mitchell was the International League Pitcher of the Year in 1986. It must have been a down year for pitching in the IL because nothing screams out awesome from his pitching line that year. Mitchell finished 12-9 with a 3.39 ERA [...]
Max Scherzer was better than expected in his first season in all categories except one – health. After making 30 or more starts in 11 of the past 12 full seasons – and having 27 starts in the other – Scherzer made just 23 starts in 2022, as he missed seven weeks with an oblique [...]
State concluded the first half of its ACC schedule with a 6-4 conference record, thanks to winning two of three games since our last update. The two wins came versus two of the bottom teams in the conference in Ga. Tech and Notre Dame. The lone loss was versus North Carolina, one that saw star [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Please use this space instead of going off topic on the most-recent thread.
Biography: Matthew Allan is a RHP standing 6-3 tall whom the Mets drafted back in 2019 as part of Brodie Van Waggenen’s finest moment as Met GM. He is from Sanford, FL and attended Seminole HS. When drafted he was considered a Top 20 pick but the Mets actually selected him in the third round [...]