Terry Collins will return to manage the Mets in 2015 as long as the team don’t completely fall apart before the end of the season, a source familiar with the situation told Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports adds that if the Mets go into the 2015 season with a manager on the hot seat, it would be in no one’s best interests. Bad decision if this is true. This is not the...
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The Society for American Baseball Research doesn’t really sponsor particular statistics, but two years ago, it formed a committee to create a newer, better defensive statistic called the SABR Defensive Index. SABR has periodically released updates of this newly-created stat, and you may find the results interesting. Defensive Index, or SDI combines a number of already established defensive...
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The Nationals trounced the Mets on a soggy Tuesday night for the opener of the homestand, and tonight the Mets look to get back on track. Tonight Jordan Zimmermann (7-5, 3.06) gets the start for Nationals against Bartolo Colon (11-9, 3.97). Colon earned his 200th win in the Mets’ 5-4 victory against the Phillies in his last start. The veteran righthander tossed a season high-tying 8.0...
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Juan Lagares has been spectacular this year in the outfield, plain and simple. I would just like to take this moment to acknowledge that our center fielder currently ranks 14th in the majors and 7th in the National League in wins above replacement (WAR). Though Lagares has only two home runs and 32 RBIs in 297 AB this year, his fantastic defensive ability has garnered him a 4.2 WAR this season....
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David Wright is on pace to post career lows in on-base percentage, slugging and OPS. His struggles this season have been well documented. One thing to keep in mind is that because the Mets third baseman has produced at such an elite level over the years, his current level of career low production is not exactly bad, it’s just bad for him. I’m not going to delve into the reasons...
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In what is becoming an ongoing commentary on the effectiveness of the Mets braintrust’s primary approach to returning the organization to relevance, namely their institutional focus on pitching, we are poised for yet another test. Over the past few days the Mets have been hit with a mixed bag of essentially bad news on the pitching front with their ROY candidate Jacob deGrom going down with...
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