The LoHud Mets Blog

Duda homers twice Wright goes oppo, Jurrjens looks Past his sell-by date

It is official: Andres Torres is on the disabled list with that calf injury suffered Opening Day, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis- just the latest product of baseball factory Azuza Pacific- will play center field in his major league debut on Saturday. The question is: what should Mets fans expect from him?... Read More →

The one downside to this afternoon’s 1-0 victory over the Braves was marred by the seventh-inning calf injury to Andres Torres. Remember, Torres missed a bunch of time with a calf injury this spring, but as Terry Collins said after the game, “He passed every test” leading up to Opening… Read More →

A Johan sighting Wright clutch hit, bullpen leak-free Carter remembered

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You’ll have to forgive me for giddiness. In just a few hours, I get to watch baseball up close with my wife and daughter. (When she woke up, her first words were, “Baseball game? Opening Day?”) And my wife’s employer has finally seen fit to classify this as a day… Read More →

Considering that the Mets spent nearly all of their meager offseason budget on the bullpen, it would be nice if I could rank them higher than fifth place in this category. Unfortunately, with the caveat that small sample sizes make it really hard to know what to expect from relief… Read More →

As has been rumored, the Mets have come to an agreement on a five-year, $25.5 million contract extension with Jon Niese, according to ESPN’s Adam Rubin. The team will hold team options in years six and seven that could push the deal to $46.5 million. Essentially, this gives the Mets… Read More →

Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that the Mets have their five starting pitchers make most/all of their scheduled starts this year. The result would be a rotation of Johan Santana, R.A. Dickey, Jon Niese, Mike Pelfrey and Dillon Gee. No starts from Miguel Batista would be necessary, Matt… Read More →

I’m certainly looking forward to seeing Lucas Duda hit this year. But to say that the Mets have an outfield that’s competitive within their own division- well, it is going to require a lot of things to go right. They’ll need Duda to adequately field. They’ll need Andres Torres to… Read More →

This is most unfortunate, just days before the season starts. But if Francisco is to miss any time, let me be the first to suggest that Bobby Parnell get a chance to close. He has been absolutely dominant this spring, without allowing a run in 11+ innings. But that’s not… Read More →

This is a painful one to write. Not that there’s anything wrong with Ruben Tejada- the 22-year-old profiles as perfectly average at the position, with no real weakness either offensively or defensively, but alas, no real strength, either. He’s young, so he could develop further, but it isn’t like he… Read More →