Tag: Billy Beane

Mets’ Front Office Job Viewed As Great Opportunity…Finally

I’m not going to try and sugarcoat it. This past season — and, more specifically, since the All-Star break — was rough on the New York Mets and the fan base. Between all the injuries to start the year, two general managers getting pushed to the side because of their own transgressions, the thumbs-down fiasco, and, you know, the 29-45 second-half performance, there was plenty to...

Mets Offseason Recap: Week 3

We’re somehow just the third week into the offseason, but this week saw more realistic expectations for the front office situation come up as the less realistic solutions fell by the wayside. Let’s look at what went on and look at what could come next. Two Duds So while we speculated last week that David Stearns and Billy Beane wouldn’t advance in the Mets’ front office...

MMO Exclusive: Chad Kreuter, Manager of the St. Lucie Mets

Spending sixteen years in the Major Leagues playing for some of the smartest coaches and managers, being teammates with dozens of All-Stars and Hall of Fame players and playing a position in catcher – which tends to translate into having a strong baseball acumen – Chad Kreuter has a ton of knowledge to share. Since being drafted in the fifth round of the 1985 Major League Draft by...

Sandy Alderson Returning to Oakland A’s Front Office

The Oakland Athletics announced they have hired Sandy Alderson as a Senior Advisor to Baseball Operations. Billy Beane, the Athletics current Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, remarked “His [Sandy’s] mentorship and friendship have been invaluable to me over the course of my career and I look forward to to the expertise and perspective he will add at every level of the...

Thirty Years Later, Looking At Mets Top Prospects

Thirty years ago, prior to one of the most magical season in New York Mets team history, a young shortstop by the name of Kevin Elster was the Mets #1 prospect according to Baseball America. Elster became one of three players on this Top 10 list to play for the Mets in the 1986 championship season. Here is BA’s Top 10 prior to 1986 season: 1.) Kevin Elster – Made his Major League...

Mets Face A Precarious Situation With Daniel Murphy

This has been a hot topic for a while and now that the offseason has arrived, it will continue to swell. Daniel Murphy is coming off another solid year in which he hit .289/.332/.403/.735, leading the Mets in a number of offensive categories including hits, doubles and runs scored. He now enters his final year of team control before becoming a free-agent. Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, thinks that...

Bowden Suggests 5-Player Trade Between Mets and A’s

In an article for ESPN Insider, Jim Bowden proposes four different blockbuster trades he would like to see happen before the deadline and one of the trades involves the Mets and A’s. Mets receive: LHP Tommy Milone, RHP Ryan Cook and 1B Nate Freiman  A’s receive: 2B Daniel Murphy and RHP Bartolo Colon A’s GM Billy Beane already made one blockbuster deal, but why stop there? The...

Forward Thinking: The Evolution Of Being One Step Ahead

Baseball has always been pioneered by forward-thinkers. These visionary minds have paired their knowledge of the game with foresight to developed ways of staying one step ahead of their competition. However, now with every aspect of the game dissected by experts, media and fans it has become harder to be original. In 1919 Branch Rickey took the reins in St. Louis and began transforming the...

OK, So What Exactly Is The Real Plan Again?

Oscar Wilde, who would have loved modern baseball for all its hubris and wonderful folly, is quoted as having said, “One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead”. On this rather uneventful Monday, with the new year, 2014, just around the corner, an analogous baseball corollary to the Wilde quote comes to mind: “Does a GM’s real plan ever happen?”....

A’s Won’t Trade Jed Lowrie Who Was Atop Mets’ Wish List

If you thought when the Oakland A’s signed veteran infielder Nick Punto to a one-year deal that it would open the door for them to  trade shortstop Jed Lowrie, think again. According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, Lowrie, who was atop the Mets’ wish list of potentially available shortstops, is staying put and not going anywhere. A’s assistant GM David Forst said in an email...

Are the Oakland A’s a Potential Trade Partner for the Mets?

There are two general managers in today’s game that pioneered the incorporation of the moneyball concept into the Major Leagues. One of them was a former marine who was the first to adopt into the then little known Bill Jame’s philosophy of advanced statistics, while the other was a one-time elite outfield prospect whose hobbies include breaking bats, throwing chairs and analyzing...

MMO Flashback: Grady Sizemore Is Still Out There – A Risk The Mets Should Take?

I wrote a piece last October questioning whether the Mets should take a shot on Grady Sizemore. He should be fully recovered from knee injuries now, and could be signed on a minor league deal. Why not take a shot? I’m not talking about making Sizemore the main signing this off-season, I’m talking about taking a shot on a player that could be had relatively cheap, and potentially be...

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