From 2006 through the 2013 season, right-handed reliever J.J. Putz was one of the more dominant back-end relievers in baseball. Among qualified relievers during that stretch, Putz was sixth in fWAR (10.5), 14th in FIP (2.74), tied for 13th in K-BB% (21.1) and recorded the 8th-most saves (179). His best season came in 2007 with the Seattle Mariners, where he appeared in 68 games, posting the...
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As we continue to wait to see what happens with the start of the baseball season, we continue to think about projections for different players. Under normal circumstances a player like J.D. Davis would be difficult to project. He’s coming off a breakout year without a clear position on to a Mets roster that gets increasingly crowded the healthier it gets. J.D. Davis made me look like I had...
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There’s no baseball right now, and by the looks of recent CDC recommendations, baseball won’t be coming back anytime soon. So with all this free time on our hands, it’s more of an opportunity to look back on the most recent decade of New York Mets baseball even more than we already have. Although the Mets spent about half the decade in rebuild mode before reaching the playoffs...
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Good morning Mets fans! Sad days are upon us as Major League Baseball announced Opening Day will be delayed until at least mid-May (let’s hope no later than this). Spring training facilities have closed and coaches/players have been sent home as our nation encourages social distancing for the unforeseen future, in hopes to contain and flatten the coronavirus. Let’s take a look at the...
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We are truly in an unprecedented era of sports, as every major American sport outside of the NFL has seen their annual schedule paused indefinitely. The ramification of such a drastic change to the norm is leaving many questions how the business of these multi-billion dollar corporations can eventually resume operations. One of the potential scenarios that Major League Baseball is considering,...
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In this week’s episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim Ryder is joined by Mathew Brownstein of Metsmerized Online to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, how Major League Baseball is handling it, when we should expect to seen baseball again, and what might that look like when it does return. The compensation of minor league ballplayers during these unprecedented times — and their...
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