Who Got Passing Grades? Catchers Josh Thole .268/.345/.344, 3 HR, 40 RBI B- Thole did not develop as much as was expected offensively this year. He only scored 22 runs this season. Ronny Paulino .268/.312/.351, 2 HR, 19 RBI B- When he was healthy, it seemed as if Paulino was a good pick up for the Mets. Mike Nickeas .189/.246/.264, 1 HR, 6 RBI D Nickeas was not able to produce much...
Read MoreThe Detroit Tigers hung on to edge New York 3-2 on Thursday, winning the deciding Game 5 of the American League Division Series. Detroit closer Jose Valverde shut down the Yanks in the ninth to end their...
Read MoreThis week, I read two interesting posts on MMO, one from my good friend and colleague Clayton Collier asking “Is C.J. Wilson A Better Signing Than Jose Reyes”, the other from my good colleague Ben Yoel, who asked “Should the Mets sign Yu Darvish over Jose Reyes”. Both articles were very interesting. However, in all seriousness, Jose Reyes should be the guy the Mets sign...
Read MoreOne player that Sandy Alderson should target this winter is Washington Nationals catcher, and former Met farmhand, Jesus Flores. The Nationals are unbelievably deep behind the plate not only in the majors, where Wilson Ramos is a budding star, but also in the minors where they are stocked with catching talent at nearly every level. The Nat’s have in-house options at the back-stop position...
Read MoreWhat is Mike Pelfrey? Is Mike the guy who won 15 games for us in 2010? Is he the guy who we saw being anointed as our “ace” for 2011, only to end the season as essentially our number 5 starter? Is he somewhere in between both of the prior questions? It is quite simply one of the biggest questions the Mets front office has to answer this off season. 2011 was not the season we...
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