After the New York Mets dropped more than $250 million via free agency prior to the lockout, it’s safe to assume many Mets fans had one thought in mind: a return to the playoffs in 2022. When looking at the team’s 2021 performance, it’ll take a significant jump in results to go from a 77-85 club to one that plays postseason baseball. As everyone knows, the Mets have reached the...
Curtis Granderson has brought more to the New York Mets besides his power bat, keen eye at the plate, and his penchant for coming through in the clutch. Granderson has the grand distinction of being an amateur videographer, in the social media aspect anyway. He along with Daniel Muno and John Mayberry Jr. started the Instagram feed “wefollowlucasduda” last July. It’s an homage...
An MMO Fan Shot by Matthew Brownstein What a difference a matter of months makes for the New York Mets to finally have depth behind their starting position players. Terry Collins might have been better off pulling a Billy Martin, and drawing names from a hat for his batting order the way things were going during the first few months of the 2015 season. Lest we forget July 23rd, a mere eight days...
Despite saving $12.5 million dollars from Michael Cuddyer’s contract, Joel Sherman of the NY Post says the Mets have no intention of bringing back Yoenis Cespedes unless he lowers his demands. Mike Puma adds that the Mets only like Cespedes on a 2-3 year deal. Sherman writes that they will instead look to add quality veteran depth instead of making a big splash. While this certainly comes...
Joel Sherman of the New York Post the Mets should consider outfielder Ryan Raburn of the Cleveland Indians as a useful player that could help the Mets for the rest of this season and next. Cleveland is in the market for young and controllable bats, he writes, and they are shopping Raburn and lefty swinging outfielder David Murphy. In return, the Mets could give up minor league infielders Gavin...
Adam Rubin (ESPN) reported that the Mets now plan on starting Lucas Duda against left-handed pitching this year. “He just faced two of the best lefties in the game and went up there with a great approach,” said manager Terry Collins, who was referring to Duda’s recent success against AL veteran southpaws David Price and C.C. Sabathia. For the Mets first baseman though, his recent show of...
The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals by a score of 13-4 on Saturday afternoon in Port St. Lucie. The Mets have scored 37 runs over their last three games. Pitching Tyler Pill started and tossed 2.1 scoreless innings allowing just a hit and a walk. Jeurys Familia, Jenrry Mejia, Akeel Morris and Scott Rice followed with 3.2 scoreless innings of relief. The Nationals finally got on...
Matt Ehalt of NorthJersey.com, recently gathered some thoughts from John Mayberry Jr. on his decision to sign with the Mets in 2015. According to the 31 year old outfielder, the choice was a “no-brainer”. Looking for a right-handed power bat for the bench, the Mets signed Mayberry to a one year worth $1.45 million dollars. “This was the best opportunity for me to come and contribute,” Mayberry...
It appears that Eric Campbell has locked up the final bench spot even before the Mets play one inning of Grapefruit League games which begin on Wednesday. Terry Collins has had Campbell playing all all over the field so far in spring training. “He’s going to wear every one of those gloves that is in his bag this spring,” Collins said Monday. “He’s going to play some third and he’s going to play...
If you read my Spring Training notes from Port St. Lucie on Sunday, you may have been surprised – as I was – that Michael Cuddyer is deaf in his left ear due to a childhood virus. He has barely played left field in his career (3 starts in 13 year career) because of it, but is willing to give it a shot after he was told that manager Terry Collins is considering the idea of keeping...
I was asked to calculate the Mets current payroll after some questions arose from the $85 million that was cited in yesterday’s article from The Guardian. Based on my calculations I come up with $91 million not counting Gee. Here’s the math: Guaranteed Contracts ($67.65M) David Wright $20.0M Curtis Granderson $16.0M Bartolo Colon $11.0M Michael Cuddyer $8.5M Jon Niese $7.0M Bobby...
Jonathan Bernhardt of The Guardian ripped into Mets ownership but good in a scathing article that calls the team out on a few central issues. He contends that going with Wilmer Flores as the everyday shortstop is an embarrassment that underscores the financial depravity of the New York Mets. He accuses the front office of being complicit because they have spent the last 10 months acting like...
