The 2014 Winter Meetings have started and the Mets haven’t made their long-awaited splash. Sandy Alderson has, instead, gone through his annual litany of tempering enthusiasm, lowering expectations and pricking lofty thought balloons. Since the Mets’ contingent arrived in San Diego, we’ve heard: • The payroll – currently sitting at $100 million – is more [...]
We've finally reached the top 20 as continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. 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, 32-30, 29-27. 26-24 and 23-21. Next up is: Jack Leathersich - 20 Leathersich has yet [...]
Ever since Jose Reyes left after the 2011 season, it has been a scramble for the Mets to find a successor for him at shortstop, but also at the top of the order. The Mets do not have a prototypical leadoff hitter slated for their lineup in 2015. Most teams would love to have a [...]
Here are some links and stories you might have missed during the weekend to get your Monday started: Friend of the site Greg Prince of Faith and Fear in Flushing has a rather lengthy piece on Lucas Duda's breakout season, naming him the Nikon Camera Player of the Year Award winner. Prince chronicles how Duda [...]
It has been covered ad naseum that the New York Mets are looking into the shortstop market for an upgrade over Wilmer Flores, who is projected to be their Opening Day starter. Recently, the Mets have been signing guys with good character, as their last two big name signings have been Michael Cuddyer and Curtis [...]
Yesterday we laid out a scenario for adding expansion teams in MLB. The rules for stocking expansion teams were much friendlier in the 1990s than they were in the 1960s. In fact, you could argue if they expand again, they would cut back from the generous terms given Arizona and Tampa Bay back in 1997. [...]
Sometime in the next 20 years, MLB will expand to 32 teams. The league has finally recovered talent-wise from the cash-grab expansion of 1998 and it just makes more sense to have a league with 32 teams in it than one with the current 30 members. Right now the impediment to expansion is suitable cities [...]
The Mets were never going to trade for Didi Gregorius. The Diamondbacks asking price was too high (Noah Syndergaard) and Gregorius didn't fit the Mets' need for an offensive-minded shortstop. A platoon-at-best all-glove, no-bat was not going to happen at a steep price. And the glove isn't even that good, as both UZR and DRS [...]
With the Hot Stove season well on its way, the Mets front office prepares for a trip to San Diego for the 2014 Winter Meetings. Today, Arizona, Detroit, and the Yankees agreed on a three way deal involving Shane Greene, Robbie Ray, and Didi Gregorius, the latter going to the Bronx to man a position [...]
Welcome to the latest installment in our path of examination of the best prospects in the Mets system. We have had the following installments thus far: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, 32-30, 29-27 and 26-24. Now we move onto a group of young starting pitchers, beginning with: 23 - Corey Oswalt The 6’4” 200 pound [...]
The Mets parted ways with Eric Young Jr. earlier this week, bringing our total of Youngs on the roster to zero after having two for most of last season. Young was not my favorite guy on the Mets but he’s an MLB-quality player and here’s hoping he hooks on with another team which will give [...]
On Metsblog.com earlier today, proprietor Matthew Cerrone compiled a few quotes to show that there is a louder-than-quiet confidence in the Mets’ clubhouse. “I think 2015 is going to be a good year for us,” says manager Terry Collins. “We should be able to make the playoffs next year,” crows pitcher Jacob deGrom. “I know [...]