Geez, I hope not: The Mets have a three-headed ownership group, with also Wilpon’s son Jeff, the club’s COO, and his brother-in-law Saul Katz, but the elder Wilpon seems to make many of the key calls; he picked Sandy Alderson eight years ago for the job. The younger Wilpon has been soliciting advisers for “outside…
Month: September 2018
Jacob deGrom Made His Case For Cy Young Award
10-9. 1.70 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 269 strikeouts. It’s a crying shame that his win count is so low, but that’s the Mets inept offense for ya. Either way, the fact that deGrom has allowed no more than three runs in 29 straight starts, the longest single-season streak in baseball history, that’s also tied for the…
No, David Wright Doesn’t Belong On Mets Mount Rushmore
Sorry, but it’s true. While everyone gets sentimental about upcoming Wright’s retirement, the reality is that without a World Series championship, a major award or enough clutch moments during his Met days, I just can’t put Wright ahead of Seaver, Gooden, Koosman and Strawberry. It goes without saying that Wright is on everybody’s Top 10…
David Wright Calls It Quits
NYTimes.com: For more than two years, David Wright had one goal in mind: to play for the Mets again. He thought his neck and shoulder problems were behind him after multiple operations and that another operation would alleviate some of the pain stemming from a chronic back condition. But as he moved through his protracted…
$$$ Is Holding Back David Wright’s Return
Forbes.com: Yet he keeps putting in the work, determined to get back to a major league field in a Mets uniform, maybe even this year. That may be optimistic, given his miniscule production in the minors so far, though with the minor league season about to end he is due to join the Mets for…
Where Would Daniel Murphy Play If He Returned To Mets?
MetsBlog.com: Second baseman Daniel Murphy has tormented the Mets since leaving them to sign a three-year, $37.5 million contract with the Nationals after the 2015 season. Murphy will again be a free agent this winter at a time when the Mets are expected — yet again — to be in search of everyday second baseman. The…
2018 Mets Have Been Horrible On Defense
No surprise here, you see it in almost every game. The Mets just don’t seem to prioritize defense: A bad bullpen, a weak offense, and a ton of injuries hurt the New York Mets in 2018. One of the bigger problems we sometimes forget is how bad this team is on defense. Whether you like…
Why Did It Take Noah Syndergaard So Long To Pitch A Complete Game?
I’m well aware that we live in a different time of pitch counts, bullpen management and compete games becoming literally non-existent. But when you have the kind of electric stuff Noah Syndergaard does, it shouldn’t take 81 starts to get your first compete game. Just saying.