Here’s a quick update. In an interview with MLB.com on Sunday, Mets manager Terry Collins said that right-hander Zack Wheeler is looking great and is ahead of schedule as he continues his comeback from Tommy John surgery last Spring. “He looks tremendous,” Collins said. “He’s in St. Lucie now. He’s throwing. He realizes it’s going to be a couple of...
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” When you think about freedom, you think about being able to walk down the street and enjoy the sights and the sounds; take a drive to anywhere across this great nation of ours and enjoy every aspect of it; go to a ball game with friends and family and join thousands of others that...
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I grew up a Mets fans surrounded by Yankees fans. But since my childhood was in the 1980s, those Yankee fans weren’t nearly as loud about the greatness of their franchise at that time. Fast-forward to the 1990s and Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Joe Torre. Mix in a dash of unfulfilled promise, like the hope/hype of Generation K, and you get the foundation for a fan base convinced that the...
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Great news! It looks like the Hall of Fame has let the cat out of the bag a bit too early, and that Mike Piazza will be wearing a New York Mets cap on his HOF Plaque in Cooperstown. The National Baseball Hall of Fame website has just updated their page and listed Mike Piazza as a Met for his primary team as pointed out by our minor league analyst Michael Mayer. They also have his profile photo...
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As currently constructed, the Mets are scheduled to field a lineup that looks like this: 1B – Lucas Duda 2B – Neil Walker SS – Asdrubal Cabrera 3B – David Wright LF – Michael Conforto CF – Juan Lagares RF – Curtis Granderson Yes, I’m aware that many believe Alejandro De Aza was signed to serve in a CF platoon. But I believe he was signed as an option if Lagares can’t claim the job in Spring...
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