So, Kodai Senga will open the year on the IL, making this the fifth straight year that the Mets will begin the year with one of their five starting pitchers sidelined. Last year it was Jose Quintana and Justin Verlander. In 2022 it was Jacob deGrom. In 2021, it was Carlos Carrasco. And in 2020 [...]
A lot of us thought that the Mets overpaid to get Francisco Lindor, sending out a non-insignificant package of players to acquire him and then extending him to a 10/$341 contract before he hit free agency, in a season where there were multiple top-shelf shortstops available. But Lindor has been tremendous as a Met. In [...]
Because of last year’s deadline deals to restock the farm system, there’s been a lot more talk about prospects now than there’s been in many years. It’s really nice to see all of the attention being given to prospects. It’s even better to hear David Stearns talk about youngsters from the farm system needing to [...]
One of the players that New York Mets fans are most looking forward to seeing is the return of their closer Edwin Diaz. There are many reasons for it. First, his presence in the ninth inning of a save situation. There was no doubt that Diaz’s presence at the end of games was sorely missed [...]
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There were several articles written last year discussing Jeff McNeil's results when pulling the ball. If you don’t want to click on the links, the main takeaway is that the shift didn’t affect McNeil as much as conventional wisdom would have you believe, at least from a raw number of balls hit to the pull [...]
Mid-February is usually a fantastic time to be a baseball fan. Pitchers and catchers have reported to Florida and Arizona, leading to tons of stories about who is in competition for a roster spot, who is in the best shape of their life, and oodles of cell phone videos shot through fences of simulated games. [...]
Prior to the 2019 season, new GM Brodie Van Wagenen made a big trade to acquire Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz. It was a win-now move, with the hope that Cano would produce enough in the first few years of the deal to make up for expected diminished production at the end of his contract. [...]
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away and know when to run
But only if we're smart about it
There has been a lot of chatter recently about the prospect of Brandon Woodruff signing with a team this offseason for a two-year deal, with the aim of spending the 2024 season rehabbing from his anterior capsule injury and making his return to the mound in 2025. Why wouldn’t there be? He’s been a terrific [...]
Of all the major moves David Stearns has made this offseason – say with an AAV of $1.5 million or more – my favorite is the signing of Sean Manaea. While he doesn’t have the long-ago upside of Luis Severino, Manaea also has 81 starts since 2000, compared to 37 for Severino. And that’s with [...]