Author: Fan Shots

MMO Fan Shot By Jason Black We have been here too many times. It’s September and the Mets won’t be going to the postseason.  It’s been 35 years since our last World Series championship. It was 32 years ago yesterday, on September 27th, 1989, when we said goodbye to two key players who made that championship possible. Just three years after dominating the baseball world the Mets were on uncertain...

An MMO Fan Shot by Marc M. (Not4) Before the 2021 season Tylor Megill wasn’t even in the Mets top 20 prospects and now he’s on the way to becoming a fixture in the rotation for the next 5-6 years. Now to be fair, had there been a true 2020 season, he could have jumped on a lot of top prospect lists. In his first minor league season Megill started in Low-A ball at Brooklyn and finished the season...

A MMO Fan Shot by Greg Jones In my many years as a Mets fan, I have never seen fan sentiment turn so drastically negative as it has here in the first ten days of August as we slid from a 3.5 game lead to third place, 2.5 behind the Phillies. Fans who for months have said “But we are in first place!” to turn aside discussions about the team’s weaknesses and needs were left adrift, bereft of hope,...

An MMO Fan Shot by Greg Jones The July 30 trading deadline looms for Mets fans, and while until recently arguments among reasonable people could be made as to whether we need a bat, some defense, a closer, or starting pitching, it is now clear that the answer is the latter. I will trot through the obvious reasons, but also lead into the longer-term dilemma for the Amazins … In 2019, the last...

An MMO Fan Shot by Greg Jones Anyone who clenches and visits the Metsblogosphere on a regular basis knows there is one constant drumbeat – get rid of J.D. Davis. Let’s unpack the J.D. package so in the future I can link to this instead of typing in a defense of J.D.’s value to the Mets. And so can you. I wrote this out as very in-depth analysis of J.D., 7000 words, his college career as a...