Sandy Alderson’s signing of Michael Cuddyer signaled to fans that the future is now for the New York Mets. Cuddyer has hit over .330 during the last two seasons, with his 2013 success leading the outfielder to the NL batting title. And with an average of 16.5 home runs per season over the last four years, the Norfolk native sports impressive power for a player on the wrong side of 30. However,...
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The deal between the Mets and Michael Cuddyer made me a little sick and a little confused and a little perplexed and a little vindicated. That’s a lot for a Monday. What we have here is a 36-year-old who has a career .261/.328/.425 slash on the road, plays terrible defense, can’t stay on the field and now is under contract for two years with an AAV north of ten million dollars. For what it’s...
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While former chief analyst Jason Parks now scouts future Cubs prospects for Theo Epstein & Co., Baseball Prospectus with their new minor league staff recently kicked off their off-season prospect coverage and is deep into the NL East. Today it was time for the Mets system with in-depth reports on what BP views as the “Top 10” in the system. As an add-on, 3 more prospects considered as “on...
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John Harper of The Daily News discussed a potential trade parallel between the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves. The idea is to trade Mets RHP prospect Noah Syndergaard for a return of Atlanta Braves outfielder Justin Upton. Neither team has publicly entertained the deal, but it has traction. It certainly makes more sense than signing an underwhelming free agent simply because the spending...
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What could make the Tampa Bay Rays interesting to watch this offseason is their habit of trading players during their arbitration years. Tampa Bay operates under tight payroll restraints, which was limited to $76 million last year and won’t get much higher. Just think of David Price and James Shields, and former general manager Andrew Friedman and manager Joe Maddon. The Rays have a handful of...
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