We get all revved up for Opening Day, we get a tremendous win over a disliked division rival and then … a day off. It’s a little frustrating. So, to fill this void, let’s get around to guys who didn’t get a preseason prediction. Hopefully the fact that they’ve played 1/162 of the schedule won’t [...]
Some things about the coming season are obvious. The National League will be competitive.The American League is mostly predestined. The Marlins and half of the American League will be terrible. Injuries and breakout seasons make it harder to predict the rest, from who will make the playoffs and advance to which players will take home [...]
Jacob deGrom tossed six shutout innings, Robinson Cano delivered two RBIs, including a solo homer, and the back of the Mets’ bullpen slammed the door shut to lead the Mets to a 2-0 win over the Nationals on Opening Day in Washington. It was billed as a pitching duel between the top two hurlers in [...]
The Mets hold the MLB record for opening day games at 36-20 (.643) despite being 21st in the majors for overall team record at a .471 winning percentage. What does this mean? Part of it is most likely due to the team being fortunate enough to have some of the greatest aces in the game [...]
Play ball! Opening day is here at last. Too bad it's not a national holiday so we could all be home from work watching the game on TV. Let's go Mets!
Each year with the predictions column I start by going back to the previous year’s piece. The goal is to get more than 50 percent right, while not making boring predictions. Not once in all of the years of doing this have more turned out right than wrong. Out of last year’s batch, only four [...]
Last week Mets360 touched on home runs during Spring Training and specifically noted that Steven Matz has been prone to the gopher ball during his tune-ups this year. While there could be a counter argument that Spring Training is meant for testing new techniques, which can lead to stuff getting torched, there’s certainly some interesting [...]
Back-to-back sub-.500 seasons can't dampen the enthusiasm of a new season. And not only do we have the hope of Spring, there are exciting new players and a brand new contract extension for Jacob deGrom, too. So, how excited are you? What kind of year do you predict for the Mets?
Ronny Mauricio, SS, S/R, 17 For all the talk of Pete Alonso and Andres Gimenez or the trade that lost the Mets Jared Kelenic and Justin Dunn, the player I am most eager to watch is likely to play on a short season minor league team. Just over 9 days from his 18th birthday, Mauricio [...]
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Most everyone expects Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard to be very good. Many of us expect Zack Wheeler to be good, too. However, the outlook is not quite as rosy for Steven Matz and Jason Vargas. The questions become how good does the starting five have to be and can the first three make up [...]