MLB Draft Countdown released their Mock Draft 4.0 and I really like what they’ve done here. Gone are top prep pitcher Lucas Giolito, who will miss the rest of the season with a strained elbow, and Georgia Southern slugger Victor Roache, who broke his wrist and is also out for the season. Plenty of players are rising and falling as their baseball seasons are well underway, so check it out: 1. Houston Astros – Mark [...]

In the 1973 Amateur Draft, right after the Texas Rangers selected the highly regarded and ultimately ill-fated David Clyde with the first pick, the Phillies used the second selection to take catcher John Stearns out of the University of Colorado. The next two picks both turned out to be hall-of-famers, Robin Yount and Dave Winfield. Since Bob Boone was just starting what would turn out to be a long tenure as the Phillies’ #1 catcher, [...]

Our “2012 Mets Annual” is finally here, and that’s no joke… We are very proud over what we were able to accomplish in such a limited wndow of time. It’s chock full of great articles, player profiles, interviews, top prospects and so much more. Once you pay for it, you will be given the option of downloading your preferred format including EPUB and MOBI for any of your high-tech gadgets, smart phones and eReaders, as [...]

With the Mets first game under a week away, fans and analysts write this season as a disappointment already without it even starting. Realistically  the 2012 New York Mets wont be playing in any games of relevance deep into the summer and to the early parts of the fall. Though that doesn’t mean the team wont be exciting at times with their injection of young talent. With guys like Matt Harvey and Zach Wheeler not [...]

After much speculation over the past few weeks, the Mets have announced that Johan Santana will indeed be the team’s Opening Day starter.  He will followed in the rotation by R.A. Dickey, Jonathon Niese, Mike Pelfrey and Dillon Gee. Because the Mets have three off-days during the first 15 days of the season, Santana will be starting every sixth day for most of the month of April.  Barring any rainouts, Santana will not have to [...]

Every team has to have a number of components in order to brew a culture of winning and unity that is found in most legitimate contenders. The token ace, power bat, golden glove, and bullpen leader are a given, but just because you follow the directions of a paint by numbers doesn’t mean it will be a masterpiece. Realistically there are more cogs in the machine than we could imagine and it takes a perfect storm to [...]

 RHP KYLE ZIMMER, USF Position: RHP School: University of San Francisco Hometown: La Jolla, California Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 DOB: September 13, 1991 I had originally planned to do a focus piece on another player this morning, but I caught a glimpse of an interesting conversation on USF right-hander Kyle Zimmer in our chat room and decided to profile him instead. Tomorrow I will post on Oklahoma State’s prized left-hander Andrew Heaney. The most important thing [...]

According to the New York Mets this morning, Johan Santana has been named the Opening Day starter by manager Terry Collins. Santana will be followed by R.A. Dickey, Jon Niese, Mike Pelfrey, and Dillon Gee in the rotation. Our ace is back, feeling good, and had the best spring performance among all the other starters. He has not pitched in a major league game since undergoing surgery to repair a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder in September of 2010. But he has certainly [...]

Today is April 1.  The Mets are now only four days away from opening the curtains on the 2012 season.  But they still have one role to give out before the first act can begin, and that role is the lefty specialist job in the bullpen. With the uncertainty surrounding the lefty specialist role in the bullpen, the Mets have been considering a number of options.  Tim Byrdak was originally supposed to fill that position [...]