NYPost.com: Michael Wilbon is somehow now even more cranky about Jacob deGrom winning the NL Cy Young award. The “Pardon The Interruption” co-host went on another bizarre tirade against the Mets ace and all of baseball on Thursday, when he accused analytics of “hijacking” baseball and allowing deGrom to win the award, despite nearly being…
Category: 2018 Mets
Jacob deGrom Wins the 2018 NL Cy Young Award
Kind of funny that he thanked his teammates considering the huge lack of run support he got this year, but major congrats to Jake anyway.
Mets Finally Give Up On Rafael Montero
NorthJersey.com: Once a rising star in the New York Mets organization, right-handed pitcher Rafael Montero was outrighted by the team Friday and elected to become a free agent. Montero, 28, missed the entire 2018 season after suffering a complete tear of the unlar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow during spring training. This just…
Doug Melvin Leads Search For New Mets GM
NYPost.com: Here is the latest breakdown of where things stand headed to the second round: The Favorites Doug Melvin: The Brewers senior adviser served as the club’s GM from 2002-15 and was still leading Milwaukee’s front office when key moves occurred that helped form the foundation of the team that played Game 6 of the…
Peter Alonso Is Tearing Up The Arizona Fall League Too
MetsMerizedOnline.com: The Arizona Fall League kicked off this past week, and after an incredible 2018 season, New York Mets first base prospect Peter Alonso picked up right where he left off. After finishing the minor league season tied for the league lead with 36 home runs, Alonso added one more long ball to his resume…
Are The Wilpon’s Holding The Mets Back From Finding A New GM?
NorthJersey.com: The Mets have already been turned down by Twins general manager Thad Levine, and former Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington also did not interview. Sources have pointed to the poor reputation the Mets have around the league with candidates knowing they are not an easy team to work for, and just how much…
Mets Considering ‘Outside-The-Box’ GM Hire?
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…
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…
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.
The Mets Are Not Calling Up Peter Alonso This Year
And the kid is not happy about it: Maybe David Wright will be the reason to go to Mets games in September. Peter Alonso will not be. Assistant general manager John Ricco delivered the news Tuesday, saying the slugging first baseman will remain at Triple-A Las Vegas for the remainder of the season. The Mets…
Mets Sticking with Dumb Plan of Playing Jay Bruce at 1st Base
Jay Bruce is back and apparently healthy. Yet, the Mets being the Mets, have to find some way to screw things up and in this case, it’s making a guy whose played the outfield for 99% of his long career, play 1st base: NYPost.com: As the Mets evaluate their options for next season, manager…