Look At What They’re Saying About the Mets in “Baseball Prospectus 2014″
I’ve been buying various baseball annuals since the mid-1980’s. Beginning in 2000, I’ve picked up Baseball Prospectus every year. I have a love/hate relationship with those good folks — the...
View ArticleThe View From My Couch: Bullpen Edition
Sure, it doesn’t count, but baseball is back on my TV. One thing that we know needs to be sorted out before Opening Day is the bullpen. Now that I have had a glimpse of the team, I had some early...
View ArticleFinal Roster: The 25 Mets Who Would Make Our Cut
Jimmy: The Mets are due to make their final cuts, to determine the group that goes north for the April games. Before I list the 25 players, I will preface it by talking about three omissions: * Noah...
View ArticleNews and Views: Opportunity Knocks, But Not Every Met Answers the Door
Mike: So Jimmy, the winner of the fifth starter job is. . . .to be determined. Basically, the Mets paid Matsuzaka $100,000 to hang around a few more days in Port St. Lucie while they wait out Jon...
View ArticleThe Big List of 45 Predictions, Including Won-Loss for 2014
Mike: Well, look at that, Opening Day beckons, our second as bloggers. As we did last year, we have looked into our respective crystal balls and offer our faithful readers our Big List of Predictions....
View ArticleClosing Time With the Mets: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Mike: After Jose Valverde’s latest implosion this weekend he was removed from his tenuous hold on the Mets closer’s job. Kyle Farnsworth has been named the current closer. Farnsworth, remember, was...
View Article2 Guys Talking: The Mets Bullpen No Longer Scares Us
Mike: Stress is a terrible thing. It can really wear you down. When it came to watching the Mets early in the year I had two major stress points. One was the Mets horrific bullpen, the other was the...
View ArticleYouth Can Be Served
It has been an interesting weekend, in a meaningless way. Without coming out and saying as much, Sandy Alderson waved the white flag on 2014. First came the news that Flores was going to get some...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Things That Sandy Alderson Has Accomplished for the Mets So Far
Jimmy: Okay, Mike. Maybe this is too broad a category, but let’s look at the “5 Best Things That Sandy Alderson Has Done for the Mets So Far.” I don’t think there’s been a total of 5 transactions, so...
View ArticleJake deGrom ROY, Big Bartolo, Mejia’s Antics, Montero in the Pen, and the EY...
Overall, I do not find these games very interesting, even the “big” 8-2 stretch. Talk about too little too late. But there are individual items of interest, and so a few quick hits from the last few...
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