Author: Former Writer

Jeff Wilpon Still Can’t Figure Out That He’s The Problem

In another rare public showing, Jeff Wilpon spoke to reporters on Sunday, answering questions about the Mets. Wilpon spoke at length about the Mets’ GM search (which has reportedly been in progress since June despite the Mets not having interviewed a single candidate), but he also addressed the disappointing 2018 season. Jeff Wilpon: “I can promise you ownership is disappointed. …...

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Mets’ Struggles Should Actually Help DeGrom’s MVP Case

There’s a 99 percent chance that Jacob deGrom is going to win the National League Cy Young award this year. He’s pretty much locked in. But what about the Most Valuable Player award? There are some fans that say deGrom should win the award. After all, he does have better stats than when Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander won the award, minus the wins of course. But then you have...

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Jacob DeGrom’s 2018 and How To Break Out

Jacob deGrom should be the unanimous Cy Young candidate. To vote against him would be silly after one of the single greatest pitching seasons of all time—deGrom’s ERA+ (ERA adjusted for league and park factors and normalized) was the twenty-second best in the 148-year history of organized baseball. I could vomit facts about deGrom’s transcendental 2018 season all day long, but what...

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Talkin’ Mets: Live Call-In Show Sunday at 7:30 pm!

It’s hard to believe another Mets season is drawing to an end. Lets wrap up the 2018 Mets season together with another call-in show on Sunday. Join me as we discuss David Wright’s final game, the 2018 Mets season and the task the future front office has ahead of them. The show will start at 7:30 PM and run for 90-minutes until 9:00 PM. The call-in number is: 646-716-8187 As always I...

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MMO Exclusive: Cliff Floyd and Rich Coutinho Discuss David Wright

Yesterday at Citi Field, we witnessed an outpouring of love for Mets team captain David Wright. It was something I have NEVER seen matched in my 30 plus years of reporting in this town. Former teammates like Cliff Floyd talked about Wright with me and I had a chance to talk One On One with the former Met outfielder. Cliff told me that right from day one he knew Wright was going to be a very...

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