State cracks the AP top 25 having won 11 of its past 13 games

After going 3-0 since our last update, North Carolina State cracked the AP Top 25. By itself that’s a great thing for a team that finished in the bottom of the ACC a season ago. But it comes at a time when neither of the blues – Carolina and Duke – are ranked. Noted ACC [...]

With Correa off the board – the Juan Soto watch begins

For those of us who have lived through the M. Donald Grant and Jeff Wilpon years, watching Steve Cohen use his personal resources to make the Mets the best team possible is unbelievably exciting.  When he made the move on Carlos Correa last month, Mets fans dreamed of great baseball for years on end. When [...]

Heir apparent? Mets hire Carlos Beltran to undefined front office position

As the 2020 Season approached, the Mets tapped Carlos Beltran as their new Manager.  It was a feel-good story.  Beltran was the best Center Fielder in Mets history.  He ended a sure Hall of Fame career and was slated to lead a team that just missed the playoffs the year before.  The team was populated [...]

The Tomas Nido contract and the practicality of carrying three catchers

Here is the first paragraph in an article written here back in 2014, entitled, Mets change slot philosophy with 2014 Draft: Prior to the 2012 Draft, MLB instituted a new policy in how it handled the signing of amateur players selected in the June affair. With these new rules in place, it was hard to [...]

Another surgery for Matt Allan

The Mets issued a two-sentence press release, which said the following: "Minor League RHP Matt Allan underwent UCL revision surgery in January. Dr. Keith Meister performed the procedure in Arlington, TX." If you hope this is a minor cleanup, think again. Here's a snippet from an article on MLB.com - note the name of the [...]

Mets Card of the Week: 1984 Dwight Gooden

1984 FLEER UPDATE DWIGHT GOODEN In 1990 I started a Dwight Gooden collection. Previously, my interest was all about collecting complete sets and that’s still very much my priority. But, given all of the various card manufacturers that were around then, it seemed reasonable to have a single-player corner in my collection. Gooden had already [...]