Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. Those of you who follow the NBA know that New York City has an ordinance which has kept Kyrie Irving from appearing in home games for the Nets this year since he chooses not to get the vaccine. This was probably a [...]
In broad strokes, one of the riskiest gambles you can make in the MLB Draft is to take a high school pitcher in the first round. It’s a high-risk, high-reward proposition. More college pitchers go in the top half of the first round than high school pitchers in a normal year. Draft experts – which [...]
The Mets just made a significant move leading up to Spring Training and the 2022 season. They acquired Chris Bassit for J.T. Ginn, their #5 prospect and top rated pitching prospect as well as Adam Oller (ranked 24th overall by Mets360.com). Bassit immediately steps into the rotation with Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, Carlos Carrasco and [...]
Spring Training camps open today. I expected to write that a month ago, but whaddayagonnado? The principal players in the bad production called “The Odious Baseball Lockout of 2022” provided the drama and suspense needed for good theatre, but the audience certainly suffered for it. At least there was a happy -- if unsatisfying for [...]
The Mets acquired All-Star pitcher Chris Bassitt from the A's Saturday night, sending J.T. Ginn and Adam Oller to the A's to complete the deal. Bassitt finished eighth in the CY Award ballotting in 2020 and made the All-Star team last year, a season which he ended up going 12-4 with a 3.15 ERA and [...]
Once the lockout was lifted, one of the first free agents signed was Carlos Rodon, who inked a 2/$44 deal with the Giants, with an opt-out clause after the first season. Rodon was my preferred pitcher for the Mets to add. There's no denying Rodon's injury history. But with guys like Tylor Megill and David [...]
The Athletic’s Evan Drellich wrote an article which the headline writer titled: How MLB players won, and why it also feels like they could have won more. Drellich points out how in the 26 years since the last labor dispute that cause MLB games to be missed, that owners in all of the major U.S. [...]
One of the hardest things to do is to accurately rate your own players. When you watch a guy on a daily basis, you develop both favorites and non-favorites. All of us who watched Pete Alonso explode on the scene in 2019 would put him in the former category. How can you not like Alonso? [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. The players and owners had another marathon bargaining session that lasted into Wednesday morning and more progress was made. The owners upped their CBT proposal to $230 million, with increases to $242 million by the end of the five-year deal. However, that [...]
Most analysts/fans seem to think that the 2022 starting Mets catcher will be incumbent James McCann, who just completed the first year of his four-year contract. McCann will be playing in his age 32 season this year. His 2021 year was not inspiring, and he is at an age where players tend to decline, particularly [...]
Let’s see, the players want much needed fairness in the game and greedy owners, led by the master negotiator, Rob Manfred, want nothing but to preserve superiority over the MLBPA. It is a lousy old tune. Breaking word that the highly respected Jeff Passan has managed to upset the MLB and now is on the [...]
My football team is the Vikings and they need a lot of help. Unfortunately, they are roughly $15 million over the salary cap and that’s before signing any draft picks or free agents. They’re going to have to part ways with players they’d rather keep, along with renegotiating contracts on players they will keep, just [...]