With Jose Quintana out, Mets have interesting decision to make
Jose Quintana, one of the haul of free agents signed by the Mets in the offseason, has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his rib...
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Jim Cerny
Mar 6, 20234 min read
Mets need these 5 players to bounce back in 2023
Not many New York Mets underperformed last season. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some players who are looking to rebound from subpar...
Charlie Sutton
Mar 4, 20233 min read
How will Mark Canha adjust to pitch clock?
The most polarizing and consequential rule change of the 2023 MLB season is the implementation of the pitch clock. Front offices full of...
A.J. Carter
Mar 4, 20232 min read
Two Guys Talking Mets: The pitch clock
Adjusting to new rules, Max Scherzer and Keith Hernandez' musings highlight the latest installment A.J. Carter: John, I’ve watched some...
John Coppinger
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Manny Machado is off the board, what does that mean for the New York Mets?
Soon after Manny Machado made public that he was going to opt out of his contract at the end of this season to become a free agent, the...
Jim Cerny
Feb 27, 20234 min read
Mets' 5 best DH options to platoon with Daniel Vogelbach for 2023 MLB season
One area the New York Mets did not aggressively address this offseason was right-handed designated hitter. As such, there’s going to be...
A.J. Carter
Feb 24, 20233 min read
An ode to Spring Trainings past
Spring training isn’t what it used to be. I remember 20-something years ago, just before the turn of the century, taking my sons, 12 and...
John Coppinger
Feb 24, 20232 min read
Why Eduardo Escobar might be the most important New York Met in 2023
You might think it's a stretch to think that a player who is going to spend most of his time at the bottom third of the batting order for...
Howie Karpin
Feb 23, 20233 min read
Brandon Nimmo must add the stolen base to his Mets skill set
After parlaying a nice 2022 walk year into an 8-year, $162 million free-agent contract, Brandon Nimmo is going to be a focal point of the...
Jim Cerny
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Mets have right Francisco Alvarez plan for 2023 MLB Opening Day
The New York Mets most likely will start the 2023 MLB season without their top prospect, Francisco Alvarez, on the Opening Day roster....
John Coppinger
Feb 20, 20233 min read
3 Mets talking points we'll be sick of by end Of Spring Training
Spring training is here. It's a time of warmth, hope and belief. It's also a time of talking points being front and center without the...
A.J. Carter
Feb 19, 20233 min read
Two Guys Talking Mets: Is World Baseball Classic blessing or curse?
In the first installment of a semi-regular conversation, two of our writers go at it over the WBC A.J. Carter: Very soon, 10 Mets –...
Anita Bonita
Feb 17, 20233 min read
Tim McCarver: A personal remembrance
On the hard drive of my laptop, in a directory called C:\Word5\Baseball, are 952 documents so old they were done in Word 5.0 for DOS and...
John Coppinger
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Carlos Beltran officially returns to Mets
It almost seems lost in history that Carlos Beltran was manager of the Mets for two months, before the 2020 season. But now that you've...
Howie Karpin
Feb 15, 20233 min read
Will Jeff McNeil shift without the shift?
A pitch clock, bigger bases, a limited number of pickoff tries and banning the shift are the new rules that will transform Major League...
Jim Cerny
Feb 15, 20234 min read
Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty among Mets 5 must-watch prospects in Spring Training
There’s much excitement around the New York Mets as they begin spring training. Much of that excitement is stirred by a bevy of offseason...
Jim Cerny
Feb 12, 20233 min read
3 things to watch at Mets spring training
Amid high expectations after a busy offseason, the New York Mets open spring training this week. We’ll examine three things to watch at...
Russell Cohen
Feb 7, 20232 min read
Mets Memorabilia: Nobody Beats The Wiz card set
I bet Steven Cohen doesn’t have one of these. But Russell Cohen does. The Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets card set was produced in 1991. Once...
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