Author: Fan Shots

MMO Fan Shot: Wilpons Need To Go “All In”

An MMO Fan Shot by @firstpitchmitch It’s been about four years since I have written about the Mets. For those of you that don’t recognize my name, I was once the Executive Editor of MMO, and helped launch Metsminors.net. I was passionate about prospects because, in a time when a team isn’t doing much winning, they give you hope about the future. At the time, many of the prospect sites and...

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Addition By Subtraction: The New Mets Math

An MMO Fan Shot by Marc Epstein (Mystere2417) Addition by subtraction is a phrase everyone knows but often flies under the radar. As a fan, it’s more fun to focus on new acquisitions than it is to focus on old disappointments. Yet, it is an important part of building a sustainable, winning team to do so. It’s just as crucial to subtract less productive players as it is to add more productive...

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MMO Fan Shot: Examining Fair Trade Value For Realmuto

An MMO Fan Shot by @kengiffyjr The buzz surrounding the Mets is at an all-time high and I have to tell you – this is fun. Nerve-racking, but fun. I’ve gone through the emotions for each one of these trade rumors. We can’t possibly trade Noah! Anyone but Kelenic! Wait, no way they deal Nimmo, right? My immediate instinct with all these rumors is to always crunch the numbers. Would these moves,...

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MMO Fan Shot: Say Hey and Retire No. 24 Next

An MMO Fan Shot by Marc Epstein (Mystere2417) Recent rumors of the Mets interest in Andrew Miller got me thinking about a more famous uniform number 24, Willie Mays, my favorite baseball player despite having only seen him play as a boy in the twilight of his career. I read Willie’s biography, studied his life and career, and became partial to rooting for power-speed players because he is the...

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MMO Fan Shot: A Potentially Radical Path to Build the 2019 Mets

An MMO Fan Shot by Robert Luciano. It’s the offseason, so typical to the New York National League baseball fan and fans everywhere, it’s time to fill the void spent watching ballgames and going over game recaps with the news of the offseason. Team outlooks, free agency, and the speculation of the best minds baseball journalism has to offer; Buster Olney, Ken Rosenthal, Jon Heyman, etc. But whom...

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