Even a casual onlooker could identify the next two points concerning the Mets, as the team tries to improve from last season to this season. The Mets still need a shortstop. David Wright needs to bounce back from a sub-par season. For the diehard fans, these points have been analyzed over and over again. On Twitter. On these very blog pages. In newspapers. Everywhere. Which got me...
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As baseball fans, especially those more into the esoteric new age stats, we are used to judging players both on their careers and on their individual seasons with letters or numerical grades. It helps us keep things ordered. If you wanted to use school grades we might say that David Wright has been an A- player in his career but he only gave us a C+ performance in 2014. With better health and...
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Mike Vorkunov (NJ.com) recently discussed the Mets’ minor league system and prospectswith VP of Player Development and Scouting, Paul DePodesta. Here are some exchanges that stood out. You can read the full article here. The main theme being targeted here is the position player depth that is rapidly rising through the system. The Mets were built heavily on pitching at the start of Sandy...
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In an interview that will televise at 10 PM tonight on SNY, Wilmer Flores admitted to Mets Hot Stove that while his range may not be as good as he would like, he’s confident that he can make the routine plays and play a good shortstop. “It’s no secret that I’m not Omar Vizquel,” Flores told SNY. Watching the video you almost feel bad for the kid who’s been busting his ass since the...
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Devin asks… Isn’t anyone the least bit concerned that as Sandy Alderson enters his fifth season as GM not one of his draft selections has made it to the majors yet and none are expected to be on the 2015 Opening Day roster? In the MLB Preview they pick Noah Syndergaard, Dilson Herrera and Steven Matz as three Mets prospects to watch in 2015, and neither of them are Sandy’s draft...
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