Author: Fan Shots

MMO Fan Shot: How to Trade Frazier, Bruce and Vargas In One Fell Swoop

An MMO Fan Shot by Simon S. As many of you know, the 2017-2018 Mets offseason was a disaster. The moves made not only ruined the teams chances right out of Spring Training, but also continues to handicap the current Mets roster and payroll structure. In Todd Frazier, Jason Vargas, and Jay Bruce, the Mets have three unnecessary, expensive, and under-performing pieces under contract through at...

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MMO Fan Shot: A Bull(Pen) Market

An MMO Fan Shot by @kengiffyjr Over the last 10 years, the Mets have finished above .500 in just two seasons, 2015 and 2016. Over the last 10 years, the Mets’ Bullpen has finished a season ranked in the top 15 just two times, 2015 and 2016. In 2018, here were the Mets’ Bullpen rankings by month: March/April:  9th May:  29th June:  30th July:  30th August:  18th September:  10th The Mets record...

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MMO Fan Shot: What To Do With the 2019 Roster

An MMO Fan Shot by Kevin (kw_all) Position Players Of course, the first thing that needs to be done is hire a real general manager. I prefer someone with a track record of sound personnel decisions in a solid organization. I would be looking at executives in Los Angeles, Chicago, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Oakland, Houston and Boston for example. Once a GM is hired, an honest assessment of the team...

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MMO Fan Shot: How to Fix the Mets

An MMO Fan Shot by Marc M. (Not 4) The first and most obvious step is that the Mets desperately need an intelligent, thoughtful, forward-thinking head of baseball operations to oversee all aspects of the team – including the MLB team, development of minor league players, scouting/draft/international signings, free agent signings, roster construction, the medical staff and even communications/PR...

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MMO Fan Shot: The Rational Retooling Rationale

An MMO Fan Shot By Mystere2417 It’s less than one week before the trade deadline. We’ve already jettisoned the closer from our 2015 NL Championship team for two marginal prospects, salary relief, a bag of balls, and a million dollars in international pool Monopoly money to be named later. Jeurys Familia joins Daniel Murphy and Matt Harvey as key members of our 2015-16 postseason core who...

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