A gut-wrenching loss in the Wild Card game is not how we all envisioned the Mets’ season ending. The reality is they ran into one of the best postseason pitchers in baseball history and couldn’t find a way to scratch out a run. But that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be hope for the Mets in 2017. The number one reason I’m hopeful for the 2017 season is the guy who was...
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The hurt of the Wild Card game is still entrenched in us but it’s time to start talking at who the Mets will try to keep for the 2017 season and who will likely move on. I will take a very early look at what the Mets should do with the options they have at each position. Outfield With the trade for Jay Bruce the Mets now have a logjam in the outfield with a majority of them being...
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Curtis Granderson came into the Mets game against the Miami Marlins on August 29th with a .724 OPS, the lowest it had been since June 8th when it was at .716 and he had struck out 36 times in his previous 105 at-bats. Mets fans were getting sick of watching Granderson strike out and leave men on base at a historic clip, at one point he was 10 for 86 with runners in scoring position. It started...
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We will be releasing the players we’ve chosen as part of a group voting for the Mets roster of the best 25 minor leaguers this season. These players are chosen strictly on their numbers and not on their prospect rankings. It’s going to be a four part series with the bench, starting rotation, and bullpen still to come. Here is who we’ve chosen for the best player at each position for their...
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The New York Mets today announced that outfielder Brandon Nimmo and shortstop Amed Rosario were named Sterling Minor League Organizational Co-Players of the Year and LHP P.J. Conlon earned Sterling Organizational Pitcher of the Year honors. Brandon Nimmo played all three outfield spots this year for the 51s on the way to a great bounce back season in which he hit .352/.423/.541 and got his first...
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