Last year, the Mets were carried by their pitching. It helped them sustain an anemic offense until the Mets got healthy and made some key trades. It helped carry them to the World Series. It’s the promise for the future. That future first comes into question around 2019. That is the year that Matt Harvey becomes a free agent. Zack Wheeler could become a free agent the same year or the...
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When is a story not a story? I found myself asking that question when I read a recent article on Deadspin that bashes the current state of the Wilpons’ real estate business and Fred Wilpon’s handling of it, citing they’ve lost millions. The article also suggest that the recent signing of Yoenis Cespedes was not necessarily a sign that the Wilpons were ready to spend on the...
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New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto took nearly a month off after the World Series last year and traveled to Mexico to unwind before he resumed his offseason workout regimen in December. However, he tells Marc Carig of Newsday that the disappointment of the World Series loss has not gone away so he’s using it as motivation for his offseason workouts. “It definitely still...
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New York Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki is hoping that offseason surgery to clear out his sinus will put an end to the constant headaches and dizziness he suffered from for a large chunk of the 2015 season. “My right sinus was completely blocked, so I wasn’t getting any air flow through there,” Plawecki told Anthony McCarron of the Daily News. “It was almost like a drunk...
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The MLB Network is almost done with their annual “Top Ten Right Now” series, having gone through every position aside from Right Field and Catcher. So far, the New York Mets have not been well represented—the “Shredder” has not been kind to the Metropolitans. We have had two players make the cut so far—Neil Walker was ranked No. 7 amongst second baseman, and Yoenis Cespedes, who will be the...
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I wanted to update this thread with some new quotes from Travis d’Arnaud, who had some glowing assessments of the young starters in the Mets rotation in an interview he did with Kevin Kernan of the New York Post. “They all have guts,” d’Arnaud said. “They all pitch with their heart. They all pitch with their brain. No one is afraid of anybody. What else would you want from a staff?”...
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