All is forgiven for Francisco Lindor following a terrific bounce-back season in his second year with the New York Mets. Thumbs down and boos gave way to cheers as Mr. Smiles lived up to the expectations of an all-around player and team leader. On a team that ranked fifth in the majors in runs scored, Lindor was the second-biggest driver of those runs, as expected when he signed his 10-year, $341...
It was a deadline day for the New York Mets as they acquired two-time All Star shortstop Javier Báez and right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs. On a day that saw the rival Atlanta Braves strike multiple deals to improve their team, the Dodgers acquire Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, and the Giants trade for Kris Bryant, the Mets knew they had to make a move to keep their name...
The Royals were dealt tough news when they found out that long-time catcher Salvador Perez needed Tommy John Surgery. Perez had surgery on Wednesday and will miss the entire 2019 season. As things currently stand, the only catchers on the Royals 40-man roster are Cam Gallagher and Meibrys Viloria. The two players with a combined 114 major league AB’s with no real stats or memorable tools to...
With the Mets trades this offseason, many of their top prospects are gone leaving various outlets, including our own, to revisit their rankings. FanGraphs released their Top 25 Mets prospects on Monday after adjusting for recent movement by the team. For example, two of the top 10 prospects as determined by Fangraphs previously, are no longer with the organization. In their recently published...
The trade deadline has come and gone, and the Mets have only made two trades. With all of the pieces that could have been moved, only Lucas Duda and Addison Reed were sent elsewhere. That leaves New York with Asdrubal Cabrera, Jay Bruce, Curtis Granderson, Rene Rivera, Neil Walker and Jose Reyes despite the rumblings over the past few weeks leading up to Monday. An interesting league-wide...
The Mets’ young core is giving the fans hope for a sustained run of success. But the mere presence of these budding superstars, in a bizarre way, holds them back as they try to supplement this core. Every team wants to break up our top young rotation. Other teams ignore our silver, simply because they see we also have gold. Then they accept offers of silver, even bronze, elsewhere This has...
The MLB Draft is just a few days away, so one might expect front office executives to currently be focusing their attention on the top college and high school players in the nation. But yesterday, the first real trade of the 2015 season went down out West, where Seattle acquired slugger Mark Trumbo from Arizona in a six-player deal. Is it trade season? It is never too early to make a trade. It...
Ask me who the Mets traded for Keith Hernandez and I’ll immediately tell you Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey. Who’d they trade for Sid Fernandez ? Bob Bailor and Carlos Diaz. I remember most Mets trades like they were yesterday. But when I thought about Tim Teufel, an important member of the 1986 World Champion Mets, who was even better in 1987 when he batted .300, I remembered he came...
