News and Notes
The Mets announced that Wally Backman won’t be joining the big league coaching staff, but told him he could return as manager of the Las Vegas 51s if he wanted. No word from Backman. Read more.
Jacob deGrom strengthened his case for the NL Rookie of the Year award by winning top honors for September, and it looks like the tide is shifting away from Billy Hamilton. Read more.
Yasmani Tomas has been granted free agency and can now sign with any MLB team. However Joe D. continues his hard stance that any interest from the Mets is for appearance’s sake only and they have no shot at signing him. Read more.
Baseball America says that scouts and minor league managers are not impressed with 2013 first round pick Dominic Smith. They question his inability to turn on a fastball and cite conditioning issues. Read more.
Exclusive and Original MMO Articles
Rob Silverman penned a passionate article about how acceptable mediocrity has become for the Mes and their apparent lack of accountability. Read more.
Connor O’Brien counted down the biggest takeaways from the Mets 2014 season and among them he says the bullpen is legit and the starting rotation is loaded. Read more.
Who are five potential free agent targets for the Mets in this coming offseason of limited flexibility? Harris Decker takes a stab at it and thinks outfielder Nick Markakis could be a good fit as well as lefthanded reliever Andrew Miller. Read more.
On the trade front, we ranked who the top five trading chips are for the Mets. Jon Niese is a no-brainer, but who else will be in high demand? Read more.
Joe D. pounds home the fact that “more flexibility” is not the same as “more spending” or a “higher payroll,” and says Mets fans are not as gullible as Mets brass likes to believe. Read more.
John Bernhardt says the Mets need to make more contact and add better hitters if they want to score more runs, and moving in the fences isn’t going to change that. Read more.
Andre Dobiey tackles the MMO Mailbag and concludes the Mets are just a couple of small but effective moves away from being a playoff caliber team in 2015. Read more.
It’s not the Braves and it’s certainly not the Phillies, but Gregory Shaw says the Nationals are our new NL East nemesis and we’re going to have to do a better job of beating them, especially at home. Read more.
Michael Branda says it’s time to stop talking and time to start doing, the Mets need to seize the moment this offseason and show their commitment to winning. Read more.
How would Jose Bautista look in the middle of the Mets lineup and is it possible? That’s what we were wondering. Read more.
