Two things are starting to become obvious about the Mets left field situation. To start, rumors are swirling that Chris Young will be released prior to the expansion of rosters in September. Young has just not been good enough to remain on this roster with other, younger options available that will be a part of [...]
The Mets dropped another game in the standings yesterday, losing to the division-leading Nationals pretty decisively. It wasn’t all that long ago when the Capital Boys stunk and the Mets were pretty decent. Early in the 2009 season – which turned out to be a terrible year for New York – whether it was the [...]
This past Monday the New York Mets were trailing by one run in the bottom of the ninth inning to the San Francisco Giants looking to split the four game series. With two out and no one on, who steps up to the plate but the one batter we all have had faith in time [...]
As of sometime yesterday, the Texas Rangers reportedly placed Alex Rios on revocable waivers. On August 4th, the Mets designated Bobby Abreu for assignment, meaning that there is now an open 40 man roster spot. So, should the Mets put in a waiver claim on Rios? First let’s get an idea about what waivers means. [...]
With just a little over of two months of baseball remaining, talks of leading candidates for awards is starting to ramp up. Already mentioned is Jacob deGrom’s push for NL Rookie of the Year honors, but today is about Juan Lagares. There aren’t many Mets fans that would disagree with the statement that Lagares is [...]
Tuesday night in Sacramento, Montero allowed just one hit and fanned 11 over eight scoreless innings.
At this point in the season, it becomes more and more clear what the weaknesses of the Mets are: Shortstop and Left Field. What remains interesting is that left field has a ton of reinforcements in the minor leagues that will be MLB ready by either late next season or early 2016. Brandon Nimmo and [...]
Every so often a team is on the verge of competing, but needs a big bat to push them over the edge. In 2014, the Mets are that team, but when the trading deadline came and went at the end of July, no moves were made. That's because the Mets already have that big bat [...]