Pros and cons of the potential signing of Jung-ho Kang

The Mets have been, and might continue to be, in sports purgatory: a team that floats around the playoff hunt without willing to be completely bad and getting a great draft pick. While they had gotten progressively worse from 2011-2013 (in relation to the league), they took a leap forward in 2014 and saw the [...]

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Using recent transactions to clarify trade value for Mets pitchers

For months now, we’ve heard how Bartolo Colon, Dillon Gee and Jon Niese have little to no trade value. Colon is too expensive, Gee isn’t good enough and Niese is too much of an injury risk. Yet now that some of the free agent pitchers who aren’t in the top tier have begun to sign, [...]

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Mets360 Top 50 Prospects: Players 14-11

We're getting down to the nitty-gritty now as continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. These are the last four before we get to the creme of the crop. In case you missed any of the other installments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, [...]

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Why Wilmer Flores’ defense will be fine in 2015

Many fans are clamoring for the Mets to improve at shortstop before going into the season . Collins said that Ruben Tejada is still a possibility to start at short in 2015, even though he has been given many chances and profiles nicely as a backup middle infielder. For most other options, the Mets would [...]

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Mets 360 Monday Leadoff: Shortstop decisions

As you get your work week started, here's a few links and notes you may have missed this weekend: Joel Sherman of the New York Post argues for the Mets to make an aggressive push to acquire Troy Tulowitzki from the Colorado Rockies.  I don't find myself agreeing with Sherman very often, but here he [...]

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Mayberry should add punch in 2015

With it becoming more and more evident every day that Wilmer Flores is likely to be the 2015 Opening Day shortstop, the Mets used the Winter Meetings to fill a few gaps in their roster - a second lefty out of the bullpen (Rule 5 draftee Sean Gilmartin and Scott Rice re-signing on a minor [...]

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Winter Meetings foreshadow a low-key offseason for Mets

The Winter Meetings this past week in San Diego stimulated a whirlwind of roster activity across MLB, but for the Mets…not so much.  Besides yesterday’s signing of veteran outfielder John Mayberry, nothing transpired from the discussions engaged by GM Sandy Alderson.  He hinted at exploring all possibilities of roster improvement, including the shortstop position and [...]

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Mets360 Top 50 Prospects: Players 17-15

We’re getting down to the wire in our countdown of the top 50 prospects in the Mets system. In case you missed any of the previous installments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, 32-30, 29-27. 26-24, 23-21 and 20-18. Next up is: 17 – Matt Reynolds Reynolds was one of the [...]

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