As the offseason plans take shape, there is one tremendous question mark upon which the future success of the franchise hinges. Will David Wright return in 2017 and live out the length of his contract through 2020? The question is not if he will regain his past All-Star caliber level of performance, that would be unfair to ask of the veteran after last year’s showing. At most, an optimist...
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Roger and Brian hosted the first ever Fundies awards, celebrating the best and worst and everything in-between of the 2016 Mets season. They also interpreted Wilmer Flores’ enigmatic snapchat pics and talked about the playoffs and the upcoming World Series, which apparently, despite the lack of Mets involvement is still scheduled to take place. In the mailbag, they tried to find a place...
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James Blagden is an awesome illustrator and baseball fan. He takes real accounts of events that occurred in baseball history (example: Dock Ellis talking about throwing a no-hitter while on LSD) and animates it with the narration being heard in the background. He used his unique talent to capture the flight back to New York after the Mets beat the Houston Astros in six games in the 1986...
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Jon Heyman recently reported that a rival executive thinks the Mets might consider trading Jay Bruce once they pick up his 13 million dollar contract option after the season. This news really isn’t all that shocking. Mets fans have been speculating for months that this might be a possibility depending on the outcome of the Yoenis Cespedes contract situation. I want to make one thing clear...
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Jacob deGrom was upset about his salary for 2016, refusing to sign the $607,000 deal that was offered to him by the Mets. This season though, deGrom is in line for a big bump in pay. According to MLBTradeRumors.com, the top 22% of players who were called up in 2014 will qualify for an extra year of salary arbitration. With two years and 139 days of service time under his belt, deGrom would fall...
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