The New York Mets have had seen many players leave the organization either through free agency or trade and many went on to perform well in other organizations. Contradictory to what many say, players have also left the organization and performed poorly. In that spirit, let’s breakdown five players the Mets should have held on to and five they should have let go. Players in this exercise...
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The Arizona Fall League begins on Saturday October 3, and the New York Mets have a strong cohort of players attending. Teams will use the Arizona Fall League for a number of reasons. From getting players who spent most of the year on the injured list more work, to getting a look at potential 40-man adds, and even giving players more run to work through late season mechanical changes. Here are...
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The Mets have hired Derek Falvey in the front office as a senior advisor to president of baseball operations David Stearns. (They also promoted Kris Gross to the role of assistant general manager.) So who is he, what is was his style as president of baseball operations of the Twins, and what does a senior advisor do? What Does a Senior Advisor Do? A senior advisor is a high-level in-house...
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The Mets have two clear candidates for rookie of the year in Carson Benge and Nolan McLean. As much as I would love to say that the Mets will dominate all the placings in the ROTY ballot, JJ Wetherholt, Sal Stewart and TJ Rumfield will be their true competition. I will start by breaking down Benge and McLean and then give flowers to the other Mets rookies. The Mets Rookie of the Year Contenders...
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Last November, the Mets traded Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for Marcus Semien. When you frame the trade like that it is easy to look at Semien’s .624 OPS and Nimmo’s .731 OPS and think it is a trade the Mets should regret, but it was never truly a one-for-one trade in that sense. Semien was never acquired with the expectation that he would replicate Nimmo’s offense. He was the best return...
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