The Mets’ rotation dominates with efficient, quality heat

Spring Training games have finally begun, and we've (almost) officially moved on from news stories focused on championship hogs and which car/truck/animal Yoenis Cespedes will ride to Tradition Field. We've transitioned to actual games of baseball, albeit exhibitions, but real games nonetheless. While we don't yet have any meaningful data to analyze, we can certainly [...]

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Daniel Murphy in red is just weird

The sight of Daniel Murphy in a Washington Nationals uniform just doesn’t make sense. The eyes see it but it somehow doesn’t register properly in the brain, like a hotdog with ketchup or a Prius with a spoiler. Yet there he was yesterday, one of our favorite players of the last decade, suited up for [...]

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The 2016 Mets: Let the games begin

Today begins the age of discovery. Today is the first day of spring training games for the New York Mets. This afternoon, the Mets will renew old acquaintances with the Washington Nationals. This seems apropos, seeing as the Mets and Nats will likely wrestle for the NL East title all season. Yes, the shortest/longest winter [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 2016 Kristaps Porzingis

2016 TOPPS FIRST PITCH KRISTAPS PORZINGIS It's fair to say that most everyone sees Kristaps Porzingis as a future star the the NBA. If he played football, he could easily be a goal-line receiver that no DB in the game could cover. But where would Porzingis play in MLB? Usually the default position for a [...]

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The 2016 Mets – What could go wrong?

True story that goes back close to six decades. My fourth grade teacher, Mr. Ward, gave me the nickname “Ulcers” because even back then I tended to worry compulsively about what might go wrong. In other words your humble blogger was an adherent to Murphy’s Law long before the actual Daniel Murphy was even born. [...]

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The ABC’s of the 2016 New York Mets

As we approach the start of Spring Training, it is time for the ABC’s of the 2016 New York Mets: A is for Asdrubal- The new shortstop of the Mets looks to start off where he ended his 2015 season by hitting for a high average and providing offense. How much of an upgrade will [...]

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Mets360 2016 projections: Bartolo Colon

Bartolo Colon won six of his first seven decisions and we had visions of 2013 dancing in our head. Unfortunately, things didn’t remain this rosy the rest of the year. Of course, six of those first seven games were against NL East clubs and the seventh was a home game against an Orioles squad that [...]

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