Daniel Murphy had a fine career with the Mets capped by his incredible 2015 performance especially in the NLDS and NLCS, including a record of six consecutive postseason homers. After that 2015 season, the Mets did not offer him a long-term contract and Murphy chose to sign with the Nationals. Murphy was traded to the [...]
Another year has gone by and another ranking is taking place. This year I pulled in two of my most consistent readers, Texas Gus and Chris F to help me rank and talk about the players. I always prefer to work off of Aggregate rankings because it creates a more dynamic and accurate system. Each [...]
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Regardless of what a player’s final numbers are at the end of the year, he didn’t accumulate them by putting up the same production each month of the season. All players have streaks, stretches where the hits fall in as well as periods where they simply can’t buy a hit. But even knowing that, we [...]
The playoffs are filled with teams that, for the most part, deserve to be there. Now that we are at the League Championship round, there are players that are amongst the elite in the league. The Dodgers, Brewers, Red Sox, and Astros all have players that are talented, but possess a quality that can only [...]
Watching the Yankees-Red Sox series wasn't just entertaining for the schadenfreude (c'mon, you know you liked seeing all those dejected Bombers fans in the crowd), it was also fun to keep an eye on the pending free agents. Regardless of who winds up in the big chair for the Mets, the team figures to be [...]
We're down to four teams - The 108-win Red Sox, the defending champion Astros, the red hot Milwaukee Brewers, and the deep Dodgers. Who are you rooting for? And more importantly, what free agent to be would you most like to see in Queens next year? Besides Manny Machado?
Under Sandy Alderson, the Mets were hesitant to shop at the top of the free agent market for at least two reasons. First, Alderson was on record as saying that most of the mega deals did not work out for the clubs. And secondly, it’s not like the Wilpons wanted to spend a bunch of [...]
To me, by far the biggest need for the Mets in the offseason is to address the bullpen. Unfortunately, relievers may provide less bang for the buck than any position out there. Among Jeurys Familia, AJ Ramos, Anthony Swarzak and Jerry Blevins, the Mets spent nearly $40 million dollars on bullpen arms last year. Let’s [...]
The Las Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL have advanced to the final round of the Stanley Cup hockey competition, remarkably in their very first year of play. One reason for their success was the makeup of the hockey expansion draft, which allowed the franchise to grab some good young and some good established players [...]
Following up last week's article about the Batting Statistics I use to evaluate minor league performances I’ll be writing this week about Pitching Statistics. Just as with batting, it would be ideal to combine seeing a pitcher in person for some live scouting. Base on Balls or Walks (BB): A useful raw statistic that [...]
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