With Friday’s lifeless, second-half-opening loss to the NL-worst Miami Marlins, the New York Mets fell to 40-51, 14.5 games out of first place, blah, blah, blah. We’ve recounted that line too many times to count over the last week — one of the pitfalls of being out of contention by the All-Star break, I guess. As we all know, this franchise is no stranger to unrealized hype....
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As per the International League transactions page, New York Mets outfielder Matt Kemp and right-hander Arquimedes Caminero have both been released from their contracts with the Triple-A Syracuse Mets. Kemp, 34, signed a minor-league deal with the Mets on May 24. Over 36 plate appearances with Syracuse, the 14-year MLB veteran slashed .235/.278/.324 with a home run, three RBIs, and seven...
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With the team sitting ten games below .500 and 13-and-a-half games back of Atlanta in the National League East, it’s easy to blame the folks in charge for a tough season. In a situation like what the New York Mets are facing — taking into account precisely how they got here — there’s really only one place to point the finger. Handed a solid core of positional cogs in...
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New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen spoke to the team’s media corps ahead of the Mets’ second-half opener versus the Marlins in South Florida. The first-year GM has been made unavailable to the press in recent weeks, with the only buzz coming out of the front office being Van Wagenen’s well-publicized chair-throwing incident last week. Heading into the home...
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New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen had ample opportunity to significantly upgrade the team’s outfield corps this offseason. Knowing full-well Yoenis Cespedes would miss a significant portion of the year, the first-time GM went with a handful of fringe depth additions. Replacing Cespedes with a starting-caliber outfielder, or simply adding a free-agent centerfielder to allow...
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