I recently published an article, citing work from Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal, on how in 2021, the most successful (as determined by postseason qualification) teams were generally those that did the best job at minimizing ground balls. A friend of mine asked a critical question: What does this really mean? Yes, teams that most effectively avoided hitting the ball on the ground...
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The Mets have keyed in on Milwaukee Brewers general manager Matt Arnold. Mike Puma of the NY Post is reporting that Arnold is the Mets’ top candidate for president of baseball operations and the Mets may have made him an offer. Arnold has worked with the Brewers since 2015. He’s been the right-hand man to Brewers president David Stearns – who the Mets have been denied...
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Throughout this winter, the MMO staff will be discussing whether various players on the New York Mets’ roster should remain with the club for 2022 or get traded elsewhere. The first player up was Edwin Diaz. Now we will discuss outfielder/first baseman Dominic Smith. Patrick Glynn Says: Hold Dominic Smith So I think first what we need to decide is: what Dom Smith is the team going to get moving...
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The Mets don’t have a manager but they do have a pitching coach. The club announced on Tuesday that Jeremy Hefner will return for the 2022 season. Hefner joins Hugh Quattlebaum and Kevin Howard as the only coaches from 2021 to remain with the organization. The Mets exercised Hefner’s contract option to do so. “I’m extremely excited to continue working with this group and build on the...
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The Mets are still searching outside the organization for a president of baseball operations but they’ve discussed promoting assistant general manager Ian Levin or vice president of amateur/international scouting Tommy Tanous to the position, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Levin was promoted this season to the assistant GM role in July. In the same announcement, the Mets said...
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The Mets are not in the World Series despite our deepest wishes. But the Braves and the Astros are. And if you’re like me, you’re still going to be watching the games… and you probably also have a feeling as to which team is going to take it all. Here are our predictions. Patrick Glynn Astros in six. They’ve got the best offense in baseball, and I don’t see Atlanta...
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