In this latest MMO Roundtable, I asked our writers to tell me which new Mets player would be most critical to the team’s success in 2014. Gerry – The new Met that will prove most critical to the team’s 2014 success will likely be Granderson. Marlon Byrd’s emergence as an offensive force behind David Wright gave the lineup whatever semblance it had of providing a...
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Here is a different way to look at the secondary ticket market. (Hat tip to Joanne) Sreekar Jasthi of Nerd Wallet took a different approach and analyzed how visiting teams impacted ticket prices overall. Using current ticket pricing data from TiqIQ, here is a chart showing the results of their team by team comparison. Not surprisingly, the New York Yankees are still the biggest draw in the game,...
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I find it amazing how almost half of the 8-12 emails I receive from readers everyday are regarding a player who may not even play one inning for the Mets this season, Matt Harvey. Yesterday, Harvey and the Mets came to an “amicable resolution” as described by Scott Boras on how the righthander would proceed with his rehab. Both sides agreed that he would stay in New York when the...
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March 25 Not really a surprise, but Sandy Alderson acknowledged that both Lucas Duda and Ike Davis are both going to be on the Opening Day roster. He declined to comment on who would be the first baseman, but most likely they will share time at first and also designated hitter. Josh Satin will still get most of the playing time against lefthanded pitchers. March 22 Ike Davis and Lucas...
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Check out this video of former Met starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey getting punked by Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire and his teammates. [iframe]<iframe src=’https://m.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=31661207&topic_id=6479266&width=500&height=290&property=mlb’ width=’500′ height=’290′ frameborder=’0′>Your...
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