Back in 2012, the New York Mets announced their 50th Anniversary Team. Reviewing the list none of the players named should come as a surprise. It should come as even less of a surprise that of all the players named to the team, all the retired players have also been inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame. Well, all but one player has. The greatest second baseman in Mets history, Edgardo Alfonzo,...
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Back in 2013, Mets fans were shocked and depressed when Matt Harvey missed the remainder of the regular season with a torn UCL. Initially, it seemed Harvey did not want the surgery, but eventually he agreed to go through with it. Fortunately for Harvey, after a lengthy rehabilitation process with no setbacks, he eventually returned and became an important part of a 2015 rotation that went all...
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The New York Mets have set a 1 p.m. ET deadline today for the team to come to terms with arbitration eligible players. The Mets have already agreed on terms for one-year deals with Rene Rivera ($1.75MM), Zack Wheeler ($800,000K), Jenrry Mejia ($1.9MM) and Lucas Duda ($7.25MM). Projected salaries for players the Mets still need to agree with: Travis d’Arnaud – $1.9 million Jacob...
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Sandy Alderson said that the New York Mets current payroll is tolerable according to Adam Rubin of ESPN. During the same conversation the Mets GM said that Jay Bruce and his $13 million salary still being on the roster doesn’t necessarily stop the Mets from adding a free agent reliever. The free agent reliever market still includes Jerry Blevins, Fernando Salas, Sergio Romo, Joe Blanton,...
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In conjunction with input from anonymous talent evaluators, Buster Olney in his ESPN Insider piece ranked the top three rotations in all of baseball. The New York Mets rotation ranked third. The overriding reason why the Mets finished behind the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox was the questionable health history for a majority of the Mets rotation. As noted by Olney, “Pitcher for...
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