Month: October 2016

Alderson’s 2011 Draft Paying Dividends

This past Saturday marked an anniversary of sorts for the New York Mets, as general manager Sandy Alderson was introduced and hired as the 12th general manager in team history on October 29, 2010. Alderson signed a four-year deal at the time, with a club option for 2015, after working with Major League Baseball and then commissioner Bud Selig to help address the various corruptions in the...

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Mets Minors: Could Dominic Smith See the Majors in 2017?

The injury of Lucas Duda created a black hole for at first base for the majority of the 2016 season that the Mets tried to plug with James Loney. The Mets sent cash to the San Diego Padres for Loney, who was playing Triple-A, in hopes of filling Duda’s shoes. Loney started and finished strong for the Mets, but in between he was brutally bad. He went a 20 start stretch without an extra base...

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Memorable Mets: Catcher John Stearns Was One Tough “Dude”

In the 1973 Amateur Draft, right after the Texas Rangers selected the highly regarded and ultimately ill-fated David Clyde with the first pick, the Phillies used the second selection to take catcher John Stearns out of the University of Colorado. The next two picks both turned out to be hall-of-famers, Robin Yount and Dave Winfield. Since Bob Boone was just starting what would turn out to be a...

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Featured Article: Free Agent Catcher Market is Barren

The struggles of Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki this past season have the Mets on the lookout for a possible upgrade at the catching position. Rene Rivera was solid as a backup after signing with the Mets, but that’s exactly what he is at this point in his career. Unfortunately for the Mets, the options on the free agent market are bleak. The top target on the market...

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Have Injuries Shelved Long-Term Talks With Mets Pitchers

For the past two years, signing the Mets’ young pitchers to long-term contracts seemed a paramount issue. Whom should they sign first, and for how much? Could they afford to sign two? In their wildest dreams, could they keep them all? Last winter, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said signing one or two of his young starting pitchers to long-term extensions was something they were considering and that it...

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