There may not be a more polarizing New York Met these days than Ruben Tejada. Fans are either bearish or bullish when it comes to the future of the 22-year old shortstop/second baseman from Panama. In other words, there is hardly any consensus when it comes to what to expect from Tejada for 2012 and [...]
Last week we ran a poll at Mets360 asking which player you would least like to see traded. With 404 people voting, here were the results: Ike Davis – 55% David Wright – 28% Daniel Murphy – 6% Ruben Tejada – 6% Lucas Duda – 5% I figured that Davis and Wright would be the [...]
Last week I wrote about how the pieces on the Mets did not fit and that they needed to find a trading partner, one that had OF or pitching to trade for infielders, which the Mets have a few extra. A team that might make a good trading partner is the Tampa Bay Rays. Before [...]
I bet you have no idea how outstanding Ruben Tejada has been this year. On the surface, it seems like he’s made progress from a year ago and is a competent major leaguer. But what he’s doing at his age and his position is really noteworthy. Since 1901, Tejada is one of just 116 players [...]
At the start of Spring Training, one of the biggest questions facing the Mets was who was going to be the club’s starting second baseman. Nearly 130 games into the season, not much has changed. Sure, Justin Turner has held down the position for the great majority of the year but his hold seems tenuous, [...]
With Jose Reyes going on the DL yet again with a strained hamstring, Ruben Tejada was recalled to play shortstop in his place. So far, Tejada has gone 4-12 with two doubles and an RBI in his most recent promotion. So, this begs the question: Is Ruben Tejada up for good with the Mets? Well, [...]
With Jose Reyes and David Wright both seemingly on the verge of returning from the disabled list, the Mets are inching closer to having their full offensive team available. When those stars return the obvious plan is to have Justin Turner and Ruben Tejada battle it out for the starting job at second base. But [...]
Four games, 52 runs scored, 69 hits, only three of which were home runs – all hit in a single game and two of those were grand slams. As Casey Stengel meant to tell us all those many years ago, “The Mets are amazin’.” Every cylinder of the offense is firing, the pitchers are unfettered [...]
Last winter the Mets made the decision that Ruben Tejada was going to play shortstop in the minors and was not a candidate for the team’s second base job. Sandy Alderson kept true to this vision by including Tejada in the first round of cuts. The decision made sense. The 21-year old had not overwhelmed [...]
INTRODUCING Brandon Moore Recently, Mets GM Sandy Alderson bemoaned the lack of starting pitching depth in the farm system. Meanwhile, the unheralded Moore is 3-0 with a 2.76 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP in five starts in Double-A. The 25-year-old, who is the B-Mets No. 5 starter, has won his last two starts, allowing one [...]
For a season that opened up with hope, and which was carried to the All-Star break, the Mets once again flamed out and disappointed their fans and had their second consecutive losing season (79-83). Change is now on the horizon as GM Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel were given their pink slips on Monday. [...]
So it looks imminent the Mets will be replacing GM Omar Minaya and Manager Jerry Manuel when the season is over. Once the new GM is hired, he will have a lot of work to do along with some interesting decisions to make in regards to the makeup of the 2011 Mets. While it may [...]