Author: John Delcos

How Will Mets Utilize Flores In 2017?

One Met I am curious to see how manager Terry Collins uses this year is Wilmer Flores. Collins has always run hot-and-cold with his usage of Flores, which probably stems from GM Sandy Alderson’s public knocks of the player he unsuccessfully tried to trade in 2015. Frankly, Flores has never gotten an opportunity to play full time, and it won’t come this year. However, there is a way to get at...

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Forget McCutchen, Mets Can Ill Afford To Deal Pitching Depth

When it comes to trades involving the Mets – whether made or speculated – entails a great deal of reading between the lines. So it goes with this ember in the Hot Stove boiler involving Andrew McCutchen with the Pirates. Sure, I can throw a lot of crap against the wall like I’ve read on other sites about the Mets giving the Pirates Steven Matz, Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo, and while those are...

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Wright Earned The Opportunity To Decide His Future

Last year at this time, Mets GM Sandy Alderson projected 130 games for third baseman David Wright. Prior to the Winter Meetings, Alderson again said Wright was his third baseman, but failed to put a number on the games he thought he might play. That’s just as well considering Wright played 37 games last year and 38 in 2015. Wright has been seeing his doctor in California and receiving treatment....

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Mets Give Us Many Reasons To Be Thankful

As Mets fans, we have had a lot to be thankful for over the years. First and foremost, we have a team we care about deeply. They give us a release from our daily trials and pressures. If you’re a shut-in, they give you entertainment and a sense of belonging to a greater entity. They make your day. They are our team, unlike any other, and we are thankful for the passion in our hearts whenever we...

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Here’s Hoping Collins is Watching the Series and Taking Notes

One thing we know about sports is everybody is a copycat, and here’s hoping Mets manager Terry Collins is taking notes. Something Indians manager Terry Francona has known for a long time – and putting to use this postseason – and what Collins seems to ignore is a game’s critical moment doesn’t always occur in the ninth inning. Sometimes, it is in the sixth, seventh or eighth inning. Often during...

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