With Luis Rojas being named the Quality Control Coach on Mickey Callaway’s staff, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies have hired former Pawtucket Red Sox Manager Kevin Boles as their next manager. After the Mets recently hired Allard Baird and Jarred Banner from the Red Sox, it should come as little surprise the organization went to the Red Sox organization to fulfill their managerial vacancy in...
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With the Mets obtaining Robinson Cano, and the Mets stated preferences to have Peter Alonso, there was an open question as to who would be the Mets third baseman. Between Todd Frazier having a down and injury-plagued year, and Jeff McNeil bursting onto the scene, the decision did not seem clear-cut. Today, at the Winter Meetings, Mets Manager Mickey Callaway answered the questions by naming...
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With his 36 homers between Binghamton and Las Vegas, Peter Alonso became the first Mets minor leaguer to lead the minors in homers. With him having more RBI than Ibandel Isabel, he finds himself the winner of the Joe Bauman Home Run Award, which is given to the minor leaguer with the most homers. In receiving the award, Alonso joins notable Major Leagurs in Ryan Howard, Mike Moustakas, and Kris...
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If you break down the Mets roster, especially the starting lineup, this is a team heavily dependent on left-handed hitters. As of the moment, the core of the Mets offense is Robinson Cano, Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo, and even Jeff McNeil. Logically speaking, when you have so many left-handed hitters you are going to be very susceptible to left-handed pitching. That was a theme throughout...
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One of the Mets priorities this offseason is to rebuild a bullpen which had the third worst ERA in all of baseball. Step one was the trade with the Mariners which netted them Edwin Diaz. Step two is finding a set-up man to bridge the gap to Diaz. So far, it appears the Mets are pursuing that pitcher on the free agent market. According to WEEI, the Mets are one of four teams who are aggressively...
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