The 2004-05 offseason was one of major transition for the New York Mets. Following their 2000 National League pennant were four consecutive disappointing campaigns, including unsuccessful tenures from people like Roberto Alomar, Mo Vaughn, Jeromy Burnitz, and Art Howe. This transition started in November 2004 when Omar Minaya tabbed Willie Randolph as the organization’s next manager. Then,...
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One of the most exciting parts of the New York Mets’ run to the 2015 World Series was watching second basemen Daniel Murphy morph from himself into a Ruthian figure. Seriously, though, it seemed like he was hitting home runs every night throughout the NLDS and NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, respectively. As we are well aware, his first taste of Fall Classic action didn’t...
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Pete Alonso and David Wright aren’t exactly similar to one another. Sure, they’re both right-handed, but one is retired and the other’s career is (hopefully) just getting started, they’re from different areas of the country, and they play different positions on the diamond. Last, but most certainly not least, Alonso has flashed the kind of prodigious power we never saw...
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It doesn’t matter whether he spent any time playing for your favorite team or not — Curtis Granderson is a guy everyone wants to root for. As New York Mets fans, we were just lucky enough to be one of the teams he did suit up for during his 16-year big-league career. Him making the move from the Bronx to Flushing was also pretty significant. As Sandy Alderson went through the process...
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When Sandy Alderson’s front office was busy rebuilding the New York Mets at the start of the last decade, the focus seemed pretty simple: find as many elite starting pitchers as possible. Upon finding those arms, help them develop into top-tier MLB hurlers at around the same time-ish so they can all man the rotation together while in Queens. Simple enough, until baseball is gonna baseball....
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