Greetings from an A&P parking lot! I am coming to you through the courtesy of the chain’s WiFi signal. Hope some of you, at least, have more power than I do, currently. It’s a low bar to clear. In Mets news, the team exercised options on both David Wright and… Read More →
Hi everyone! I’d love to update you about the Mets’ progress toward retaining David Wright and R.A. Dickey, but there doesn’t seem to be much to report. Here’s a timeline to get a sense of where things stand: October 3: Sandy Alderson describes retaining Dickey and Wright as a top… Read More →
Let’s talk left-handed relief, shall we? The Mets enter the offseason with Tim Byrdak, last season’s best lefty reliever, still recovering from shoulder surgery. Can he pitch in 2013? If so, not until much later in the season. This week, they removed Justin Hampson from their 40-man roster, and Hampson… Read More →
Look, for all the tsuris they’ve given us, the New York Mets are no tragedy. What Shannon Forde is going through is tragic, and you can help her. Shannon has Stage IV breast cancer, and the Mets are holding a benefit to help her pay expenses on November 1. Here’s… Read More →
Just a note to let you know how to get your Mets-related baseball fix right now: move to Arizona. That may sound extreme. But a number of Mets farmhands are playing for the Surprise Saguros, and it’s going to reach the 90s, with no humdity, all week there. So you… Read More →
Briefly, on a couple of questions that some discussions on Twitter seem to conflate regarding David Wright. 1. What will it take to sign David Wright? 2. What should the Mets offer David Wright? What we know so far is that the Mets say they plan to offer Wright a… Read More →
Just some basic facts and figures to keep in mind, courtesy of the amazing people at MLBTradeRumors.com. The Mets, if we assume they are letting Mike Pelfrey, Andres Torres, Rob Johnson, Manny Acosta and Fred Lewis go without qualifying offers, will be on the hook for an estimated $8.5 million… Read More →
In case you missed it, Rich Sandomir had a great scoop on how the Mets plan to cobble enough money together to get through the offseason. 2010’s plan, an MLB loan, is apparently no longer available. 2011’s plan, a bridge loan ahead of a minority ownership sale, isn’t available for… Read More →
It has been my opinion for a while now that Bobby Parnell would be a perfectly reasonable option to close games for the New York Mets. Parnell, who turned 28 last month, just concluded a fine 2012 season. Throwing exclusively fastballs (at 95.7 MPH) and curveballs (at 82.8 MPH), he… Read More →
I wanted to discuss Bobby Parnell today. but I think it’s important to set the parameters, as set out by Sandy Alderson, for retaining David Wright and R.A. Dickey this winter. First: he made it clear payroll will remain the same. What that statement alone means for 2013 is enormous…. Read More →
So long to you, fair season Whose first half went so well But steep descent to August A kind of baseball hell But while you ponder winter And Mets’ rap makes you curse Just think of old Miami Where things are surely worse
So the Mets have reportedly asked Jordany Valdespin to go play second base this winter. At first glance, this doesn’t make sense for a team with an incumbent second baseman in Daniel Murphy, and essentially no reasonable alternatives to play regularly in the outfield in 2013 currently under team control… Read More →
Greenberg gets at-bat Dickey ends up with 20 Reyes hits triple
Let’s follow the thinking of the Mets for a moment. Heading into 2013, the budget isn’t changing. The team is 73-87. They are 11th in the NL in runs scored, 11th in ERA. So clearly, they aren’t playing at a level close to what anybody could consider successful. They are… Read More →