Author: Joe D

Mets Remain Confident They’ll Acquire Lefty Reliever In Coming Week

After Saturday’s 10-2 win, the Mets re-assigned reliever Scott Rice to minor league camp. The move now leaves just Dario Alvarez and Sean Gilmartin as the only lefthanded relievers in big league camp. Adam Rubin wrote in his briefing this morning that the Mets’ left-handed relief answer may very well come from outside the organization in the next week. Additionally, Joel Sherman of the NY...

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Heyman Blasts Claim That Alderson Revived The Mets

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports takes issue with the premise that general manager Sandy Alderson has revived the Mets as the new authorized biography Baseball Maverick claims. He is very critical of the overall positive and “saintly” portrayal of Alderson by former A’s beat writer Steve Kettmann who say’s Sandy’s one flaw is that he’s too competitive. “Maybe...

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MMO Game Thread: Nationals vs Mets, 1:10 PM (WPIX)

The New York Mets will host the Washington Nationals at 1:10 PM at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie. RHP Jacob deGrom will start for Mets and will oppose RHP Stephen Strasburg for the Nationals. Team Notes: The Mets have optioned OF Alex Castellanos and RHP Chasen Bradford to minor league camp, bringing the total number of players still in big-league camp to 37. Reporter Jon Santucci says Vic...

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Kevin Long Appears To Be Making A Significant Impact

It’s hard not to notice how ferocious the Mets offense has been this Spring, putting up runs at a pace we haven’t seen from this team in many years in spring training or the regular season. I think it’s too simplistic to just brush this off under the guise that spring training stats don’t mean anything. Production at this pace and this late in camp is nothing to be...

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Citi Field Is Dressed To The Nines

The Mets tweeted out a photo of the new right field wall at Citi Field which looks pretty awesome. I do believe the new dimensions will have a positive impact on our offense and heading into the season with all the confidence they’ve built up at Mets camp this spring, I’m expecting some big seasons from many of our hitters. Earlier this month, the Mets also posted a shot of the all...

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