In the coming days, assuming R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays agree to an extension, you’ll hear plenty of talk from the New York Mets, all but acknowledging that they are giving up on 2013. Considering their financial restrictions made adding an outfield next to impossible, this was largely… Read More →
So we are now a week clear of the start of the winter meetings. It is December 10. There are two months plus until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, which suggests a lot of time. But each day that passes, more outfielders sign with other teams, and the… Read More →
So the winter meetings have begun in Nashville. One storyline has become clear for the New York Mets as they pursue a 2013 team to at least reverse their three-year trend of winning fewer games: they intend to trade a pitcher. It could be R.A. Dickey, who is still unsigned… Read More →
One of the difficulties for the Mets, along with anyone attempting to gauge just what R.A. Dickey’s value would be on both the trade and free agent market would be, is that his story defies comps, when comps are what ultimately drive such talks. Quick, who was the last first-time… Read More →
My feelings on seeing R.A. Dickey win the Cy Young Award tonight boil down to this: I hope it happens. If Clayton Kershaw wins instead, frankly, I can see it. But my vote, if I had one, would have gone to Dickey, because I see the two of them as… Read More →
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 →
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 →
R.A. Dickey pitched another remarkable game in what has been a spectacular 2012 season on Thursday. As you probably heard, he’s up to 20 wins, and is probably the favorite to win the Cy Young Award. But among all-time Mets pitching seasons, it’s only 21st, as per Baseball-Reference. Does that… Read More →
There are plenty of reasons to be frustrated about the Mets, or concerned about their ability to compete. I’ve reported on them for you here, and that will continue. But today will be for something very different. Today, I’m going to enjoy baseball with my daughter. Long before I knew… Read More →
I guess it makes sense, in this 2012 season that has been so much about R.A. Dickey and David Wright, that the final 10 games of the season come down to little more than the two of them. There’s Dickey, who will go for 20 wins on Thursday. Incidentally, this… Read More →
I can’t speak for you, but when the SNY broadcast last night returned from commercial to a scene of R.A. Dickey and Terry Collins heatedly talking to the umpires, I had one thought: Joe Niekro. Remember this? I don’t know if it was just all the Melky Cabrera sanctimony or… Read More →
There’s been a fair amount of chatter this week about signing R.A. Dickey and David Wright to extensions. The two are easily the best players on the Mets in 2012, with both about three times as valuable as any other player and pitcher. The Mets hold options on both: $5… Read More →
We have readers all over the world, so it wasn’t surprising when I get this question from Beau M. of Madrid, Spain. “hey man! i am no pro with the numbers and definitely not a sportswriter. but yesterdays game got me thinking. i would love to see what our team’s… Read More →
Obviously, Johan Santana and R.A. Dickey have been otherworldly so far. But I thought it would be interesting to compare them to other top-two rotation stars so far in 2012. As per Wins Above Replacement, Dickey checks in at 2.3, good for sixth in baseball. Santana, at 1.9, is ninth…. Read More →