At the young age of just 22 years old, Cardinals’ top outfield prospect Oscar Taveras died Wednesday evening in a car crash. With him in the car was his girlfriend, whose name will not be included for personal purposes. But nonetheless, Taveras’ death means more than just another person dying. He was a “sky is [...]
Lately you’ve probably seen a couple of articles talking about a group project we’ve been doing, where we got to be the GM of a team and do a simulated offseason. I was lucky/cursed enough to get the Minnesota Twins to be my team. You see, while the Twins have struggled and their payroll has [...]
Before the 2014 season most Mets fans had not heard of Matt Reynolds and now some fans are clamoring for him to at least be given a shot at Opening Day shortstop. The Mets drafted Reynolds in 2012 in the second round with the pick they received from the Marlins for signing Jose Reyes. The [...]
In 2005, Lou Pinella was managing the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and ownership decided that it was time for a managerial change. It took the struggling franchise seven years to win 70 games, and the man for the job was Joe Maddon. After two years of winning around 60 games, the team finally took off [...]
An appreciation of the work done by Omar Minaya in his swan song for the Mets
The 2014 Padres actually finished with a respectable record of 77-85. Respectable because well, if you remember how awful their offense was in the first half of the season, you probably thought they wouldn’t even sniff 80 wins. The Padres once again were last in the National League in scoring, scoring just 3.3 runs per [...]
In a week where the baseball news has been dominated (and rightfully so) by the World Series, a pair of positive stories emerged from Flushing. The first being the Mets hiring of Kevin Long as their new hitting coach, and the second being Juan Lagares being nominated for a Gold Glove after being snubbed in [...]
The Mets offseason should be an interesting one. There still is plenty of assessment needed to be made this offseason regarding the current roster with many variables to consider. Sandy Alderson’s continuous evaluation process of the shortstop position will need to be fine-tuned into a definitive answer eventually. There will be many decisions to make [...]
We’re winding down our projection review series. Today, we’ll look to the future – a future we all thought was closer than it turned out to be. Met fans were pretty lucky in 2012 and 2013 – all evidence to the contrary. In 2012, we got to witness Matt Harvey’s bursting arrival. From his very [...]
When the MLB Project was being discussed at Mets360, I agreed to do so immediately. The chance to actually GM a team was something that couldn’t be passed up. When I was assigned the Oakland Athletics as my franchise, I found that kind of serendipitous. As a lifelong Mets and Baseball fan, I’m well aware [...]
Over the past few weeks, we've taken a look at the worst players of each section of the 2014 New York Mets roster: the starting fielders, the starting pitchers, the bullpen and the bench players. We've narrowed down a short list for each category and named a Least Valuable Nominee from each list to bring [...]
On Sunday, Mets360.com writers kicked off a new project. Writers from this site and others are acting as the General Managers of all 30 MLB teams. For the most part, the teams were chosen at random, and I was fortunate enough to get the Mets. The evolving criteria for the project as of now: up [...]