Author: Joe D

Baseball America Captures The Mood With Striking April Cover

This somber and dramatic cover of the April edition of Baseball America speaks volumes. Its simplicity strikes a perfect chord as the lone baseball appears lost and alone in the vastness of the Coronavirus aftermath. It’s the first time BA has ever run a cover without any type. A beautiful cover with two of the Dodgers’ top prospects was originally planned but then scrapped when baseball was...

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Remembering Mets Prospect Brian Cole

On March 30 in 2001, Mets’ prospect Brian Cole tragically passed away in a car accident. Here’s a post by Joe D. from 2016 remembering the potential star.  So one of my writers sent me a link to Baseball America asking me to check out last week’s Ask BA feature. A reader posed the following question to  J.J. Cooper: “Who are the best prospects such as Grant Desme who never made MLB...

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So You Think You Know The Mets: Top 25 WAR Seasons (Hitters)

During the 2019 season, Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers posted a 9.1 bWAR (Wins Above Replacement) to lead Major League Baseball. Bellinger walloped 47 home runs last season, drove in 115 while slashing at a .305/.406/.629 clip en route to winning the National League MVP Award. His 9.1 bWAR would’ve ranked No. 1 among the Mets all-time franchise leaders. This weeks edition of our...

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Matz Staying In Shape, Ready To Answer The Call

The New York Post’s Dan Martin checked in with Mets starter Steven Matz on Friday. The southpaw is busy trying to stay in shape at his home in Nashville, Tennessee but can’t help worrying about his family in Long Island. “We’ve got stores and places shut down here, but I’m really monitoring what’s going on in New York with all my family there,’’ Matz said. Matz, who turns 29 in May,...

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Kingman Homers In Opening Day Mets Debut

Earlier in the week, we posted an MMO Roundtable where we each reminisced about our most memorable Mets Opening Day.  And for me, nothing was more exciting than watching Gary Carter hit that walk-off home run against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1985. I was on cloud nine… But 10 years earlier, I was on hand for a not-as-famous, yet just-as-exciting Mets moment that was also among one of my...

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