When we last left off with baseball games, Guillorme was competing with Eduardo Nunez for one of the last roster spots on the Mets bench (Jed Lowrie’s spot because even a delayed season is not going to be enough time for him to get ready). When I originally wrote most of this article in February, this spot felt like Guillorme’s to lose. I had no faith in Nunez’s health. When...
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As we continue to wait to see what happens with the start of the baseball season, we continue to think about projections for different players. Under normal circumstances a player like J.D. Davis would be difficult to project. He’s coming off a breakout year without a clear position on to a Mets roster that gets increasingly crowded the healthier it gets. J.D. Davis made me look like I had...
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When Brodie Van Wagenen took over as the New York Mets general manager, his first big splash was to make a blockbuster trade to acquire his former client Robinson Canó. That deal has become the defining trade for Van Wagenen and not for positive reasons. Canó hit a homer on Opening Day in his regular season Mets debut (actually he played a role in all the scoring offense that day), but from that...
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Right before everything shut down, we all got word that Michael Conforto tweaked his right oblique, throwing is Opening Day start into jeopardy. That feels like a lifetime ago, right? Almost lost in Pete Alonso’s amazing rookie year, Jacob deGrom’s back to back Cy Youngs and Jeff McNeil’s arrival as one of the better hitters in baseball was Michael Conforto. Conforto, very quietly, had a good...
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As the the novel coronavirus situation changes daily, it’s becoming even more difficult to think about projections. Following CDC guidelines, it looks impossible right now for baseball to come back before June. This is an interesting scenario for some players, including Yoenis Céspedes. The outfielder was supposed to debut in spring training sometime around when baseball games were...
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