Jeffrey Kittel asks… Is the Mets rotation WORSE after this offseason, despite getting Scherzer? Mojo Hill replies… The state of the Mets rotation is interesting right now because it features (when healthy) the best one-two punch in the game. Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer are both well into their 30s (with Scherzer pushing 40), but each is still at the top of his respective game. The...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Jayson Stark of The Athletic wrote an article on an efficient way to stop teams from tanking, without needing to make many changes to Major League Baseball. His plan is for MLB to reverse the draft. The teams that miss with the best record will pick first in the draft, with the teams with the worst record getting lower picks. This would incentivize teams to win every...
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While Major League Baseball remains in the early stages of its first lockout in over 25 years, a number of notable free agents remained unsigned. Specifically, the starting pitcher market contains some of the most accomplished arms of the past decade. With the Mets already making a statement this winter, signing Max Scherzer and adding on three impact bats as well, there’s no telling what...
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On Thursday, we found out the Mets hired Daniel Schoenfeld to be their minor league analytics coordinator, and that the Mets would have an analyst with every minor league affiliate. This is a continuing trend for the Mets since Steve Cohen took over the team, and actually one that Brodie Van Wagenen got underway when he was the Mets GM. As recently as 2018, it was reported that the entirety of...
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The MLB lockout has been in place a little over one week. That’s not really long, but the absence of baseball news makes it seem longer. The Winter Meetings should be happening. We should be discussing the trades the Mets made, or did not make. Everything is off cycle now, and the real problem is that there is no sign of an imminent return to normalcy. Baseball has been down this path...
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With this year’s offseason player movement activity on hold, let’s take a look back at a trade the Mets made at the 1984 Winter Meetings. On December 10, 1984, the Mets and Expos completed a five-player trade, with the Mets getting seven-time all star catcher Gary Carter in return for third baseman Hubie Brooks, outfielder Herm Winningham, catcher Mike Fitzgerald, and pitcher Floyd...
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