Last night, Mike Puma of the Post wrote that the Mets intend to employ catcher Kevin Plawecki as “more than a traditional backup” to starter Travis d'Arnaud. A potential scenario outlined by manager Terry Collins included resting d'Arnaud every fourth game instead of, say, one game per week as is traditional. It makes sense on [...]
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The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds. As usual, Casey Stengel knew what he was talking about. But here in 2016 with the New York Mets, it’s a fair question to ask if anyone on the team [...]
It was a weird year for Lucas Duda in 2015. Everyone wondered if he could duplicate the power he showed in 2014 and there were also concerns about his ability to hit lefties. So, Duda went out and again put up strong power numbers with a team-leading 27 homers. And he also hit lefties to [...]
. If you’re a teenage Met fan, you’re having a brand new experience. If you’re in your 30’s, you can recall what it was like nine years ago. If you’re in your 50’s, like me, you can think all the way back to 1987. The Mets are coming off a great regular season, capped by [...]
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The 2015 Mets were a more potent offense against righty pitchers both before and after the big trade deadline deals. The additions made during this past offseason have not really addressed that issue. This table gives you career numbers for the 13 players who figure to be on the opening day roster. playerBA vs LHPOPS [...]
As the New York Mets begin Spring Training, one of their promising pitchers arrived to camp, eager to begin his second full season after enduring Tommy John surgery. Headlines and rumors flooded as Matt Harvey spoke to reporters about a possible contract extension with the team. Although various outlets have reported that he is open to [...]
Many expected Noah Syndergaard to make his MLB debut in 2014. But he didn’t have a particularly impressive season in Triple-A and the Mets opted not to give him a promotion. He started back in the minors at the beginning of 2015 but made his debut on May 12 after going 3-0 with a 2.12 [...]
If we knew at the conclusion of the World Series that ownership was going to allow Sandy Alderson $140 million or so to spend on payroll for 2016, the views of his offseason moves would have been a little different. Is it really that big of a deal if he spent $18.5/$25 million for Asdrubal [...]