Monthly Archives: March 2016

I feel bad for de Aza. His signing caused a lampooning of the Mets front office, as a lot of people, myself included, thought this was it for the outfield. Alejandro off the bench as a pinch hitter is valuable … Continue reading →

While the Away squad lost yesterday, the Home Squad led by Bartolo picked up the win against the Tigers, who looked different wearing orange hats. The Tigers rolled out Pelfrey to start the game and the former Met struggled allowing … Continue reading →

The Mets played with a splitsquad yesterday so for those fans with an MLB.tv account and next to a cable TV, you could watch two Mets games! Anyway, the away squad visiting the Cardinals lost. Despite the score, the real … Continue reading →

Travis d’Arnaud is tricky to project, and his 2015 season is a good example of why. In April, it looked like d’Arnaud was on pace for a breakout season. Then he got hit by a pitch, broke bones, and started … Continue reading →

Today was the last game with the Mets starting rotation on the sidelines as the starters look to get their first spring innings in quite soon. The other way to look at that: Today was the last day we’ll see … Continue reading →

The Mets beat the Astros 3-1 yesterday and improved their meaningless spring record to 1-1-1 (hey, I feel like I’m covering the Red Bulls here!). Despite only putting up 3 runs, the Mets were able to rack up 12 hits … Continue reading →

Before trading for Cespedes, the Mets late summer push was going to rely on bringing up Conforto, who provided some pop. Conforto had a nice rookie campaign hitting 9 homers in under 200 PA’s and batting .270. His hitting continued … Continue reading →

The Mets tied yesterday in the second game of Spring Training with the Miami Marlins. The highlight of the game was Dilson Herrera’s inside the park homer allowing all of us to remember why we wanted a second basemen signing … Continue reading →

First off, sorry for the delay! I’m teaching three new classes (and one redesigned class) this school year, so my work ebbs and flows. The Mets started off the year going to Washington, and eventually losing to Washington 9-4. The … Continue reading →

The hero of last year signed a 1 to 3 year deal with the Mets this off-season, and all is right in the world. Really though, Cespedes and the Mets are made for each other. Cespedes needs the atmosphere that … Continue reading →