He sounds ready
A year ago this month, the Mets were targeting a high profile free agent, Ben Zobrist, late of the 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals. The Mets had seen more than enough of Mr. Zobrist in their losing World Series effort, and they wanted the versatile player on their side. Reports at the time [...]
There were three defining areas for the 2016 Mets, two bad and one good. The bad ones were the injuries and the hitting with runners in scoring position (RISP) while the good one was the team’s strong finishing kick. We’ve discussed the injuries and the kick in greater detail, so now it’s time to discuss [...]
We continue our Top 50 countdown with five prospects who are either flawed or too far away from the majors to factor higher. It is interesting when ranking players how you determine a player’s value. Where is the floor and where is the ceiling? What is their ETA to the majors? What key stats do [...]
There’s been talk around the blogosphere about the Mets ponying up and making a deal for Andrew McCutchen. The former MVP winner fell on hard times in 2016 but most people are projecting a significant bounce-back year from McCutchen in 2017. But how realistic is that? Let’s look at a couple of different measures. First, [...]
Writers wanted!
The 2016 Baseball Winter Meetings concluded on Thursday. While a number of teams were in the mix for or making splashy trades and free agent signings the New York Mets mostly looked for a place to offload the $13 million contract of Jay Bruce. Depressing isn’t it? Yes, bringing back Yoenis Cespedes is fantastic but [...]
While Sandy Alderson and the rest of the Mets front office are busy trying to dump spare part Jay Bruce and fill out the bullpen, there's another important move they need to consider - securing the services of some of their young starting pitchers. While all of the big five are currently under control, so [...]
Well, if you were refreshing MetsBlog, ESPN and MLBTR continually the past few days, this year's Winter Meetings were kind of a drag. Certainly nothing like last year. Not even a Rule 5 guy to pretend to be excited about. What's your take on the past few days?
The year 2016 has been celebrated all year as the 30th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion Mets. But 2016 is the 50th anniversary of another Met team, the 1966 Mets. While not nearly as successful as the '86 club, that '66 team did notch a few milestones. The Mets had played four seasons before [...]
As we sit near the fireplace with a cup of warm cocoa on a cold day as we approach the holiday season, it is easy to get lulled into the comfort of home. Dreaming about what shiny newly wrapped gift we may find under the tree, one ponders about the new year. Then one steps [...]
That magical time of year is around again. Retail stores are filling our ears with holiday music, we’re ordering relatives chachkies on Amazon.com and we are all wondering what Sandy Alderson has up his sleeves. To keep your mind off the tenuous future of Jay Bruce, Curtis Granderson and the Met bullpen we at Mets360 [...]