The New York Daily News reports that the condition of former Mets Catcher Gary Carter has taken a turn for the worse. Keep Gary and the Carter family in your thoughts and prayers. On Thursday, Carter’s family received a phone call from the doctors at Duke University who have been treating the Mets Hall of … Read more
ESPN has released their Sunday Night Baseball Schedule for 2012 — and not one game features the Mets. Do you know why? Because the Mets are irrelevant. Go ahead and check the ESPN schedule yourself — do you see the Royals, the Pirates, the Orioles, the Astros, or the Padres? No. Why? Because those teams … Read more
MetsToday reader “Andy” sent me this email:
Joe,
I’d love to see your take on the millions of dollars K-Rod lost so that Scott Boras could have his cut on his next contract. Looks like $5.5M less for K-Rod and $800,000 more for Boras, right?
Funny, Francisco Rodriguez became
The Mets avoided arbitration with all four of their arbitration-eligible players today, signing each to a 1-year contract. RHP Manny Acosta signed for $875,000. He figures to be in the Mets bullpen when Opening Day comes around. RHP Mike Pelfrey signed for $5.675MM, roughly the amount most experts expected he would win in arbitration. For … Read more
C’mon, you knew this post was coming … an offseason of blogging simply isn’t complete until there is a “Manny to the Mets” rumor — right?
Last year, I almost forgot to analyze Jason Bay during my annual evaluation series — perhaps because Bay had slogged through such a forgettable season in 2010.
After all, Bay appeared in only 95 games in his initial season as a Met, hitting a paltry 6 homeruns, before missing the final two months of the season with a concussion. To say he was a disappointment would have been an understatement.
But it’s not unsurprising for a big-time free agent to have a difficult first year in NYC, and then rebound with a positive follow-up campaign. Unfortunately for Bay, that’s not the way the story went in 2011.
On the heels of Fernando Martinez‘s exile to Houston, let’s play a little game inspired by F-Mart’s “untouchable” status of the past few years: 1. Instead of releasing F-Mart, would you have traded him for Manny Ramirez? 2. Instead of releasing F-Mart, would you have traded him for Johan Santana? 3. Instead of releasing F-Mart, … Read more
Never mind all the naysayers poo-poohing the current state of the Mets — including yours truly. It’s all hogwash and unfair negativity. Mets fans, fear not and be optimistic, because Fred Wilpon is feeling really good about your favorite Flushing baseball club.
