Biography: The polished outfielder who brings five tools in varying degrees was acquired from the Houston Astros in exchange for returning Justin Verlander after they let the Mets pay him $43.3 Million. Drew Gilbert is only 5’9” and is among the smallest top prospects I’ve ever written about. The Minnesota native went to college in [...]
Pete Alonso is a great home run hitter and most of us are thrilled he’s on the team. Yet there’s a difference of opinion on how good he is and how hard the Mets should try to re-sign him as he’s a year away from becoming a free agent. Few would argue that the Mets [...]
Last year we started a new series here at Mets360, one where we conducted interviews with both writers and readers of the site. It’s something we’re going to continue this year and we kick it off with David Hong. We brought on four new writers last year and David H. was one of them. He’s [...]
Trying to create a Mets roster for the start of 2024, from both a player and payroll standpoint, has so many variables involved. One variable that is off the table is whether we can spend money, because Steve Cohen has shown he is willing to open the purse strings well beyond reason to build a [...]
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The New York Mets unfortunately will not be going to the playoffs this year. But the playoffs started Tuesday and here is a guide to who Mets fans should root for, listed in order from most to least. 1) Milwaukee Brewers: Before David Stearns was hired, there probably would’ve been a different No. 1 preference [...]
Here are the final grades for the disappointing 2023 season for the Mets. The goal is to incorporate actual production, along with preseason expectations, as well as the individual’s role on the club. This means not all grades that are the same are equal. In order to qualify for a grade, a player needed to [...]
We all want things to be perfect. Yet rarely in life do things work out that way. This is so universal that we even have an idiom to describe things that fall short of perfection. You’re probably heard of the saying – don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Which brings us [...]
There was not a happy ending to the 2023 season, as it was announced that Buck Showalter would not manage next year before the game and then the final outing of the season resulted in a 9-1 loss to the Phillies Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. But maybe that’s the ending this season deserved. It [...]
When we see a player’s line at the end of the year, we get to see how he did over the largest possible sample size. And that’s good, even if it can be a bit misleading. There’s no better example of that than 2022 Eduardo Escobar, who was lousy the first five months of the [...]