Over the weekend, the Mets acquired Addison Reed in an effort to shore up their bullpen. To create room on the 25-man roster, they sent Logan Verrett to the minors. Verrett did absolutely nothing to merit this demotion. Instead, it’s another example of how the team is run on the seniority and hope school of [...]
The Mets signed Michael Cuddyer in the offseason to a seemingly modest two-year deal that, in turn, cost them their first round pick in the 2015 Amateur Draft. While Cuddyer hasn’t worked out fantastically, the Mets seem to have made the most out of their second round pick. The Mets selected Desmond Lindsay 53rd overall [...]
Entering this season, the Mets were expecting Michael Cuddyer to be their big offseason acquisition, hoping he would provide a high average, some power, and protection for Lucas Duda and David Wright. While Cuddyer has played well since the start of the second half, there is another offseason acquisition who has quietly put together a [...]
Mets salvage the final game of the series
Saturday the Mets acquired Addison Reed from the Diamondbacks and they made a claim on Marc Rzepczynski (Scrabble), although thankfully up until this point they’ve been unable to come to terms on a deal with the Padres for him. It’s remarkable how many transactions Sandy Alderson has made in general the last 10 months or [...]
Only three Mets collected hits today, which has been a far cry from how things have been going. Even with a loss yesterday, the Mets still were able to score four runs on eight hits. It was just an unfortunate day where the team couldn't seem to get anything going against Joe Kelly and the [...]
There's been a lot of rumbling over the years about major league baseball's divisional format and the impact it has on postseason play. Specifically, guaranteeing a spot in the playoffs to each division winner has led to instances of teams in strong divisions missing the playoffs even though they had better records than some division [...]
In the early days of the internet a popular worldwide discussion system was called Usenet. It consisted of newsgroups. It started up in the early 1980s and still exists today. The plethora of social media sites has made Usenet close to irrelevant but – call it tradition – I still pop in and look at [...]
An exhausted bullpen could not handle a second straight extra-inning game, as the Red Sox exploded for three runs in the 10th inning for a 6-4 win Friday night. Logan Verrett, pitching in back-to-back games just days after going 8 IP as a starter, surrendered a 2-0 lead and a win for Matt Harvey. He [...]