Jacob deGrom has back-to-back Cy Young Awards and his 2017 wasn’t too shabby, either. But where does his three-year span stack up against other top hurlers of recent vintage? Let’s look at all of the pitchers of the 21st Century and see what the best consecutive three-year peak was for them. And a pitcher will [...]
The Mets had 12 relievers throw at least 10 innings for them in 2019. Four of those 12 had an ERA under 4.00 and here's how the other eight fared: Robert Gsellman - 4.66 ERA -- 63.2 IP, 33 ER Jeurys Familia - 5.70 ERA -- 60 IP, 38 ER Edwin Diaz - 5.59 ERA [...]
Even among collectors of oddball sports cards, the Transogram baseball issues of 1969 and 1970 have long been a source of confusion, thanks to both their distribution methods and their short lived, out of nowhere run in the sports collecting hobby. During the spring of 1969 Transogram figures popped up in toy store aisles, representing [...]
One of the challenges for ranking the Mets’ prospects is how to handle when a player goes from a pretty good hitter’s park in Kingsport to a pretty good pitcher’s park in either Brooklyn or Columbia. Last year’s top hitting prospects from the APPY did not repeat their numbers at the higher levels. How much [...]
Some people still expect the Mets to make a trade to acquire a guy for the Opening Day roster. While it certainly could happen, if you put a gun to my head and asked me my thoughts – my answer would be “no.” So, if this is it for the offseason, what would the roster [...]
News has surfaced once again that the Mets and Pirates have been engaged in talks for Starling Marte. MLB Network's Jon Heyman reported that the clubs have exchanged names. Much like people who write checks, the Marte rumors refuse to die. Marte turned 31 in October. He's put up 24.1 fWAR in his career, including [...]
It would have been great to have been a fly on the wall in the war room for the Mets’ 2019 Draft. In the first three rounds, they took two guys who ended up signing for significantly more money that their slot level or pool allotment for those picks. In order to do that, they [...]
Fifty years ago, Met fans were still celebrating the stunning World Series win over the mighty Baltimore Orioles. One of the key architects of that team and its triumphs was no longer employed by the team. That would be Bing Devine, a front office magician for the Mets from 1965 to 1967. Devine rose to [...]
The Mets addressed their bullpen in a big way, adding 6'8 Dellin Betances on a one-year deal with a player option for 2021. Betances issued a statement on the signing, one that included this nice graph: "I love New York. I grew up in Manhattan. Went to high school in Brooklyn. Played minor league ball [...]
For many of us, it’s frustrating how managers in the 21st Century have been essentially neutered by the front office. Sure, it makes sense that the front office has more say than it did, say, in the 1960s. But many of us feel that the pendulum has swung too far. Be that as it may, [...]
If healthy, we all expect Robinson Cano to get 130 or more starts in 2020. But it seems that almost none of us would manage the team that way if we had any say in the matter. But, what would be the ideal way to approach it, assuming that all participants are healthy and ready [...]
After a one-year respite, the Mets’ holiday curse was back in full swing last year. Santa Nimmo got hurt and missed a big chunk of the year. And elves Cano, Diaz and Oswalt had seasons that we’d all like to forget, too. This year only two people are tempting fate, which is better than four. [...]