How old does that headline make you feel? It seems like just yesterday you were listening to Sugar Ray on your Walkman. But it’s now official: The 90s were a long time ago. Bartolo Colon has become the poster child of MLB dinosaurs left from this decade. He is the last active ex-Expo, recently became the oldest player to hit his first career home run and drew the first walk of his career a...
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Alex Rodriguez played his final big-league game last night for the New York Yankees. His legacy will always be marred with what-ifs… What if he never took PEDs? What if he stayed away from off the field scandals? What if Cameron Diaz never fed him popcorn at the Super Bowl? But one of these lesser talked about what-ifs stems from the New York Mets’ pursuit of the three-time MVP in...
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At the end of May, Steven Matz was 7-1 with a 2.28 ERA. That’s about as good a stat line as you could ask for from a pitcher in his first full big-league season. If he weren’t in a league with the Kershaws, Bumgarners and Fernandezes of the world, that could even be a Cy Young-caliber season in the making. He was on most shortlists for Rookie of the Year at this time as well. But...
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The acquisition of Jay Bruce leaves the Mets with four corner outfielders on their roster and no true center fielder. Yoenis Cespedes, who had been playing center, has removed himself from that position due to his seemingly never-ending quad injury. With this being the case, the plan seems to be to have Michael Conforto and Curtis Granderson to split time in center while Cespedes and Bruce man...
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The Mets were only a .500 team through most of the first four months of last year. But the acquisition of Yoenis Cespedes changed everything. The Mets went on a tear after acquiring Cespedes, ran away with the NL East and won the pennant as the Nationals skidded into oblivion. Had the Mets not traded for Cespedes, they probably would have been on the golf course in October rather than the...
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