How the Mets keep winning

On July 3 the fat lady was warming up her boisterous pipes. Sporting an abysmal 37-48 record, the remaining 77 games in the New York Mets’s 2014 campaign were worthless wastes of time. But the celebration of American Independence, defeating a disappointing powerhouse in the Texas Rangers on July 4 sparked an 8-2 run entering [...]

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Has the Sandy Alderson plan worked?

At the end of the 2010 season, the New York Mets were in shambles. They had multiple massive contracts for bad players, they were in the middle of a downward spiral of losing seasons and had a farm system that was a disaster. Due to the Bernie Madoff scandal, finances were abysmal and the organization [...]

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Making a play for Javier Baez

When the Cubs acquired Addison Russell from the A’s in a trade earlier this month, it was clear that both Starlin Castro and Javier Baez would be available in a trade.  Earlier this week, in a post for ESPN NY, Adam Rubin reported that an industry source has predicted that the Mets could end up [...]

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What will the Mets have in store in the second half?

At 45-50, the Mets have played 95 of 162 games in the 2014 season.  Coming off an 8-2 home stand, the Mets were red-hot going into the All Star break, and they will hopefully continue their hot streak when they resume the season this Friday.  But whether the Mets continue their hot streak or not, [...]

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What’s working and what’s not at each position (pitchers edition)

As the Mets head into the All-Star break raging hot, there are a number of factors that have contributed to this. The bats are finally clicking for the first time since 2011, Collins has finally figured out how to put together a lineup card, and the pitching has been spotless. Since the beginning of Mets [...]

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The Mets would be crazy to trade Zack Wheeler

As an active reader of what is probably way too many Mets blogs, message boards, ESPN Insider articles, I’ve noticed that there seems to be a feeling that the Mets should consider dangling Zack Wheeler in a trade for a premium bat. The biggest name being thrown around right now is Starlin Castro, mainly because [...]

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Is Matt Harvey to the bullpen the best solution?

Let's be clear, this is not meant as a permanent move to the bullpen, but rather one simply for the remainder of 2014. Matt Harvey, the Mets ace who underwent Tommy John surgery on October 22, 2013 is trying desperately to pitch this year. He recently began throwing off of a mound, which puts his [...]

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Two trade options for Bartolo Colon

The All-Star break is upon us and the Mets finished the first half of the season strong with a sweep of the Miami Marlins to complete an eight and two home stand. The team is squarely in third place in the NL East, sitting seven games behind a first place tie between the Washington Nationals [...]

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Congratulations to 2014 All-Star Daniel Murphy

Everyone here at Mets360 is proud that Daniel Murphy will be representing the Mets at the 2014 All-Star game in Minnesota. Every year you hear some people complaining about the rule that requires each team to send a representative to the All-Star game. Without that rule in place, it's up for debate if the Mets [...]

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Mets Minors: The biggest question about Jack Leathersich

Jack Leathersich is a left handed relief pitcher with Binghamton.  He’s not a big guy and he doesn’t throw particularly hard, but his results are phenomenal.  He is the biggest strikeout threat in the Met farm system and could be just as important to the Met future as Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob [...]

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Potential Call-Ups: Montero vs. Syndergaard

With the trade deadline approaching, it is rumored that the Mets may be willing to shop around pitchers with the hope of acquiring a big time offensive contributor. The reason why the Mets can afford to make a maneuver like this is because they have a surplus of young pitching, and are in need of [...]

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