Brian Wright selects: Cleon Jones Statistically, some of his overall rankings in Mets history have been overshadowed mainly due to the offense-friendly eras that followed him and the era in which he played — when offense was more at a premium. Even among left fielders like Kevin McReynolds, he falls short in home runs, slugging percentage, and adjusted OPS. But when we measure the weight...
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June 15th is a day many New York Mets fans view as a dark one in franchise history. There’s a good reason for that, too — the “The Franchise” himself, Tom Seaver, was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on this day in 1977. This trade was the end result of a contract dispute that ended up getting ugly in the newspapers, and it was a situation that ultimately seemed unfixable in...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Per a Baseball America tracker, the Mets have not yet signed an undrafted free agent. Teams could start signing UDFAs yesterday at 9 a.m; the majority of teams have already begun to do so. Dominic Smith posted about the racial injustices surrounding our country. Pete Crow-Armstrong weighed in on Smith’s post, commenting...
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Despite focus centered on whether or not the league will even have a 2020 season, it doesn’t hurt to look ahead to what might be in 2021. In 2019, the Mets’ center field job was held down for the most part by Brandon Nimmo (when not injured) and the combination of Michael Conforto and Juan Lagares when Nimmo was down for the count. Nimmo has proven solid at the position, as his...
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On Saturday night, the MLB Players Association summarily rejected Major League Baseball’s latest proposal for a shortened season – 72 games with 70 percent prorated pay (80 percent if the postseason is played to completion) – and vowed to walk away from the negotiating table. Union head Tony Clark’s statement to announce the players’ stance finished with a brief yet...
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Truth be told, it feels somewhat problematic to restrict formidable Mets opponents to a small roster of players. Anyone who has watched the franchise play for even five or six years knows that pedigree is just one part of the equation: literally Conor Gillaspie, Luis Sojo, and Terry Pendleton could qualify as Met killers on the basis of one accomplishment alone. The point I’m trying to...
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