Friday open thread

After a huge and unexpected trade and a thick cloud of speculation, there's no telling what new GM Brodie Van Wagenen will do next. Names we never could have imagined are being floated in trade rumors. Many Mets fans would say that Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo and Amed Rosario should be tabbed as building blocks [...]

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Mulling if Corey Kluber should be a Met

One of the many targets of the Mets this offseason is Indians starter Corey Kluber, who is a terrific pitcher and has been for at least five years now. Kluber, who will turn 33 in April, is under contract for three more years, technically for 2019 and then options the next two seasons. But those [...]

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Big East basketball, style of play and the 2019 Mets

If you mention the glory days of the Big East Conference, everyone discusses Georgetown and Syracuse and St. John’s and Villanova. And for sure all those schools had great moments. But one school that it seemed never got its due was Boston College, which employed a style that I absolutely loved. The Eagles under Gary [...]

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How elite second basemen fared in their age 36 season

Now that Robinson Cano is in the fold for the Mets, it might be interesting to see how other elite second basemen have fared in their age 36 season. We’ll examine the records of the nine Hall of Fame second basemen who played the bulk of their careers after the second World War. Although all [...]

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2019 Mets top 50 prospects: 15-11

Wow the final group of players outside the Top 10 and you have four players who are either former, current or future DSL players. Ordinarily this would be fairly horrifying, but these youngsters might be different.  Santana and Newton are coming off of seasons in stateside baseball in which they both showed tremendous potential, Hernandez [...]

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Brodie Van Wagenen aims for a splash but does a belly flop

When the Mets embarked on the process of hiring a new GM, it was a pivotal moment in club history. The stakes were high and as fans we had to deal with the one-two punch of hearing some bad names in the running – Dave Littlefield, anyone? – and good names, like Ben Cherington and [...]

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With Cano trade, there’s no reason not to pursue Harper

With the expected trade of acquiring Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz for Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Gerson Bautista, Justin Dunn, and Jarred Kelenic, the culture has officially changed in Queens. Brodie Van Wagenen has single-handedly changed the perception of this team on his very own. Whether you think the move to pull the trigger on [...]

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Playing around with the Mets’ budget, pre and post Mariners trade

Latest update from SNY’s Andy Martino does not have the big trade with the Mariners being completed today. And until the deal is done, there’s always the possibility it falls apart. So, let’s pretend for a minute that trade doesn’t happen. And let’s see what other options are out there for the Mets. Unfortunately, we [...]

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Poll: What type of trade should Brodie Van Wagenen make?

With new GM Brodie Van Wagenen on the scene, the rumor mill has been turning greater than we're used to seeing here the past few years. We've heard talk about trading Noah Syndergaard for a bunch of prospects. There have been discussions about taking on Robinson Cano's contract in order to get Edwin Diaz. And [...]

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