With an extremely shortened season on tap for 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the New York Mets are being projected for their 60-game run to win somewhere just over half of those contests. Fangraphs has predicted a 31-29 record while BetOnline.ag odds have the Mets’ win total set at 32.5. Either of those totals would be at least good enough for contention for a wild card spot, but in a...
Yoenis Cespedes and Jed Lowrie went near full tilt in spring training Monday to the delight of Mets manager Luis Rojas. The oft injured stars participated in most of the drills at Port St. Lucie with very little restriction. Cespedes, who is battling heel and ankle issues, will remain a limited participant in spring training according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, but was particularly effective...
Going…going…A-Gone! Adrian Gonzalez picked the right time to launch his first home run as a New York Met. His grand slam in Sunday’s 6-5 win against the Washington Nationals was the difference maker that helped the Mets towards a three-game sweep. “These are big,” Gonzalez said about the victories over Washington. “For us to come in here and do what we did...
With the Mets cutting payroll and having holes and question marks across the 25-man and 40-man rosters, it is finally time for Juan Lagares to sink or swim. Lagares wasn’t supposed to have been a question mark. Certainly, the Mets didn’t feel this way when they gave him a four-year $23 million contract extension on the eve of the 2015 season. When giving Lagares the extension, the...
According to Adam Rubin of ESPN.com, “the Mets have pretty much everyone in camp, including position players, even though those players are not required to report until Thursday.” The two players that were invited and still weren’t in camp are Omar Quintanilla and Wilmer Flores. Flores was due to arrive this morning, after finishing his second stint at the fitness camp in...
During last night’s ESPN telecast of the Mets victory over the Braves, the announcers mentioned that the Mets have several “building blocks” but also several “question marks.” At this point, the question marks far outweigh the building blocks, which is why the team has had moments of mediocrity this season. There is still a month and half to play, but barring a miracle, the Mets would be wise to...
With the signing of Willie Harris to take over as the team’s fourth outfielder and the high possibility of a Chris Young signing soon, it seems as though the Mets have addressed all of their needs heading into the season. Granted, there are still position battles to be won (second base, bullpen and bench spots) as well as a ton of question marks. Unless the Mets plan on adding another...
Look in the dugout during a Mets game. If you see Jose Reyes smiling, laughing and dancing, you know the Mets are winning and contending. If you see him anyway else, they are probably losing. We saw it happen in 2006. Reyes led the Mets with 194 hits, batting .300. He hit 37 doubles, 19 triples and 16 home runs. Oh, and least I forget he stole 64 bases. The end result was 97 wins and a...
Twenty-five years ago today, the April 1, 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated hit newsstands. Amongst all the coverage of the NCAA Final Four was one particular article that caught the eyes of many Mets fans. The late, great George Plimpton had written an article for that particular issue called “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch”. In the article, Plimpton went on to discuss how Finch...
The Mets go into the 2010 season with plenty of question marks regarding a number of different things. One certainty however, is their ace Johan Santana who delivered four solid innings against the Marlins today in his second start of the grapefruit season. Many of us, including myself, have been anxiously awaiting for that one quintessential moment this spring when Santana would show everyone...
In his column Rumblings and Grumblings, Jayson Stark of ESPN raises the specter that Frankie Rodriguez might be concealing an injury. K-Rod not A-OK? Meanwhile, opposing scouts and executives have been buzzing that it wouldn’t shock them if Francisco Rodriguez added to the Mets’ DL total. Clearly, something is up with K-Rod. His first-pitch strike percentage (just 49.4 percent,...
