Author: Matt Musico

Opinion: The Mets Face a Critically Important Platform Year

As New York Mets owner Steve Cohen preaches patience — while simultaneously dropping some life advice — waiting can be hard. Especially after we know what he, Sandy Alderson, and the rest of the new regime wants to accomplish in the coming years. You know, like becoming a consistently competitive and iconic franchise, with the expectation of winning a World Series within the next three-to-five...

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Anxiously Waiting For Mets to Flex Their Financial Muscle

The MLB hot stove has been relatively cold since free agency officially opened up after the World Series concluded. Unless you’re the Atlanta Braves, that is. After coming within one game from their first Fall Classic since 1999, general manager Alex Anthopoulos continued executing the club’s free agent acquisition strategy of securing veterans to higher paydays on one-year deals. Their...

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Mets Failed To Do This For First Time in Nine Years

Although nothing has happened yet, this winter will be incredibly fun as we watch the New York Mets start getting an organizational makeover from new owner Steve Cohen. It’s hard to be patient, but it appears as if it’ll definitely be worth it. As the search for a new president of baseball operations and general manager to report to Sandy Alderson continues, many of us are chomping at the bit to...

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Three David Peterson Stats to Watch in 2021

He didn’t actually, but it kind of felt like rookie starting pitcher David Peterson came out of nowhere to provide meaningful innings for the New York Mets. After all, who would’ve thought the 25-year-old southpaw was on the verge of tossing 49.2 frames and starting nine games in a shortened season when New York entered Spring Training with the “deepest rotation in...

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Trying to Quantify Jacob DeGrom’s Dominance, Again

New York Mets ace starting pitcher, Jacob deGrom, is really good at throwing baseballs. That’s been established countless times on these very internet pages, but we’ll try to do it again because, well, we’ve been watching something special in Queens. Technically, deGrom had a shot at earning his third straight National League Cy Young award last week because he was named a...

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