There is a #FreeLagares hashtag trending on Twitter and Facebook as I speak. With each mention of this hashtag, the intensity for the Mets to free outfielder Juan Lagares from the bench is becoming increasingly noticeable and palpable. Yet another day goes by and Lagares is still sitting, as he was on the bench again [...]
During this past offseason, Robinson Cano was the big free agent name on the market. Cano, for several years now, has been known as Major League Baseball’s premier second baseman and has played at nearly MVP levels for the majority of that time period, which resulted in the Seattle Mariners signing Cano to a 10-year, [...]
MLB historian John Thorn posted this picture to his Facebook account today, with the caption: New York Mets at their Staten Island home park, Harper's Weekly, May 15, 1886. Thorn also included the following information: From Orem: "The Metropolitans had a fine new grounds at Staten Island, at a cost of $25,000, large for the [...]
The Mets host the Yankees tonight. Your intrepid columnist is making his third pilgrimage of the year and he can only wonder what will greet him when he gets there. The first three games of this series have been more on the bizzarro side than anyone could have envisioned. First of all, the Mets – [...]
Late Wednesday night the Mets cut ties with Kyle Farnsworth, saving the remainder of his contract and earning the ire of the veteran reliever. The Mets are off the hook for the rest of his $1 million contract. What they did was perfectly within their rights but it seems like nothing more than a financially-motivated, [...]
Zack Wheeler isn’t having the best start to his season and some fans are panicking about his development at the big league level. The biggest problem has been Wheeler’s command. And that problem was on display last night against the Yankees. He walked six batters over the course of his start and it took him [...]
The Mets have been in a slip as of late, but there is still hope for them to pick themselves up and compete within the division. Entering the Subway Series, the Mets were 17-19 and they were scoring very few runs. But they were able to beat the Yankees in an amazing game one, and [...]
A seemingly simple question had the crack Card of the Week research staff spending late nights at the library last week.
Recently, the Mets have been on the decline, a combination of shaky offense with less than stellar pitching. Because of this decline, the Mets have made a series of changes to the roster. This includes the demotion of Josh Satin, banishment to the bullpen for Jenrry Mejia, the arrival of Wilmer Flores, and Jacob deGrom’s [...]