Author: Dilip Sridhar

The Mets Need to Go All-In on Victor Victor Mesa

In recent weeks, the Mets have said they want to have a quick rebuild, they want position players, and they want to get more athletic. That’s ideal but you’re not going to do that by trading rental players like Asdrubal Cabrera and Jose Bautista. As we saw with Jeurys Familia, the rentals won’t get much in return and that is before we factor in the Mets not wanting to eat...

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Morning Briefing: No Love In The Familia

Good morning, folks! The Mets will go for the series win tonight with Jacob deGrom toeing the rubber against Masahiro Tanaka. The game will be on ESPN at 8:08 p.m. Yesterday, the Mets made it interesting late by scoring three runs off Aroldis Chapman but ultimately they fell short. The news was mostly what happened off the field. Latest Mets News Where to begin on this one… Okay, Cespedes...

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Cespedes’ Heels Require Surgery With 8-10 Month Recovery

Yoenis Cespedes returned from the disabled list on Friday night against the New York Yankees and hit like the Cespedes of old. He homered and looked fine for the most part but dropped a bombshell in his post game interactions after the New York Mets 7-5 win.  He told reporters that some point in the future, he would need surgery in both his heels due to calcification. He also needs 8-10 months...

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Baseball America Updates Their Top 10 Mets Prospects

Baseball America released their Top 10 Mets prospects in their annual mid-season update. There was one mild surprise at the end with the rest of the list being mostly as expected. Here is how they ranked these players: Andres Gimenez, SS Peter Alonso, 1B Jarred Kelenic, OF David Peterson, LHP Justin Dunn, RHP Anthony Kay, LHP Ronny Mauricio, SS Thomas Szapucki, LHP Mark Vientos, 3B Gavin...

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Mets Minors Recap: Dunn Pitches Well, Kingsport Explodes Offensively

Salt Lake (49-46) 10, Las Vegas (45-50) 5  Box Score Kevin Kaczmarski CF: 3-5, .361/.409/.443 Jeff McNeil 2B: 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, .390/.436/.657 Peter Alonso 1B: 0-4, .182/.318/.432 Kaczmarski continues to slap a ton of singles in that thin Vegas air, but it is nonetheless nice to see him hitting well after barely playing for three weeks. McNeil got two more hits including his fifth triple of the...

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