While the Mets didn’t have a great weekend, Ike Davis sure did. Davis hit a two-run homer in Sunday’s 11-6 loss, and now sports a 1.000 OPS for June in seven plate appearances over two days, following a combined April/May effort of .496. This is no surprise: Davis posted a… Read More →
Some interesting quotes out of Sandy Alderson in Kristie Ackert’s solid piece this morning about Ike Davis. “I don’t think he’s happy with what has happened to date. We would have hoped for a better performance to this point, but the evidence is he can do it,” Alderson said. “And… Read More →
Did you see this home run by Ike Davis? Go ahead and watch, I’ll wait. There, now wasn’t that fun? I wrote a story yesterday about how the Mets have allowed Amway to open a storefront at Citi Field. Look, don’t go in. You’ll almost certainly lose money. It’s pretty… 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 →
Let’s get this out of the way up top: of course the Mets should consider trading Ike Davis, in the right scenario. They should consider dealing anyone in the right scenario. David Wright is terrific, but would you deal him for Ryan Zimmerman, who is younger and signed to a… Read More →
So the Mets have finally come to this: Lucas Duda, playing first base. The guy isn’t a right fielder, he isn’t a left fielder. Not his fault: he doesn’t have the raw skills to cover remotely enough range. Now, playing him at first base has to do with, one figures,... Read More →
What would you say if I told you the Mets had a player who premiered at 23, put up an OPS just under .800, and followed it with two straight seasons of over .900 OPS, heading into his age 26 season? You’d be pretty excited about him, right? Well, consider… Read More →
Selective endpoints, and small sample sizes, are both dangerous when used to project players. Rico Brogna had an OPS+ of 158 in 138 plate appearances back in 1994. He’d never top 119 in his career. Carl Everett put up an .855 OPS from August 2 on back in 1995; his… Read More →
Look, there’s plenty of negativity about Dillon Gee out there, and rightfully so. People are concerned about the blood clot in his pitching shoulder. The timeframe looks like months, not weeks, to get him back. We’ll wait and see, but it is a sad thing to have happen to a… Read More →
Over his last three games, Ike Davis has an OPS of 1.843 with one strikeout in ten plate appearances, along with a home run last night. From May 23-26, Davis posted an OPS of 1.056 over four games, with one strikeout in ten plate appearances. He followed that with a… Read More →
There is great news in first base comparisons! Due to relative weakness elsewhere, Ike Davis’ strong performance to begin 2011, and real uncertainty about Ryan Howard, the Mets project to have the best first baseman in the National League East in 2012. 1. New York Mets: Ike Davis was on… Read More →
The decision to leave Daniel Murphy at second base, after years of delay, to find out at last if he can play the position, died Thursday after little more than a week of raising my hopes. Terry Collins said that if Ike Davis is forced to miss more than a… Read More →
Well, the Mets are reporting to Port St. Lucie in droves, and Terry Collins has begun to meet the media. Lots to discuss, but I wanted to focus on one particular comment by Collins yesterday: that his backup first baseman is Justin Turner, not Daniel Murphy. This makes no sense… Read More →
NEW YORK (AP) – With the Mets braced for a management shakeup, Josh Thole homered in the 10th inning Friday night to begin the final series of the season with a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals. Thole connected against Tyler Clippard (11-7), hitting a one-out drive into the right-field… Read More →
NEW YORK (AP) – Light-hitting rookie Ruben Tejada laced a two-run double in the ninth inning off closer John Axford, rallying the New York Mets to a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. David Wright had a two-run homer and the Mets opened their final homestand of… Read More →