With 9 days until pitchers and Molinas report, the #9 question to be answered during Mets spring training is: can Mike Pelfrey throw an effective sinker?
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Mets Spring Training Question 10: Who Will Be the Phenom?
With ten days before pitchers and Molinas report, let’s look at who might be the PSL “phenom”. Nearly every spring training, there is one youngster who tears it up, or lights up the radar gun, and performs so overwhelmingly impressively that we fans are convinced we’ve seen the next Mets superstar … or at least, … Read more
Mets Spring Training Question 11: Infield Wheels
With 11 days before pitchers and Molinas report, let’s quickly examine the #11 question to be answered during Mets spring training: how will the wheels of the right side of the infield heal?
Blog Roundup: Post-NFL Edition
Football season ended in spectacular fashion (if you’re a fan of the non-baseball Giants), and baseball season approaches. Pitchers and Catchers report later this month, and, like the cycles of the sun and the moon, America’s Original Pastime will move to the forefront once again. Are Mets fans looking forward to the new season, or … Read more
Mets Spring Training Question 12: Shortstop
With a dozen days left before pitchers and Molinas report to spring training, the Mets have a question to answer at shortstop.
For those who just came out of hibernation, last year’s starting shortstop — Jose Reyes — left the team for the warm winds of Miami. It is presumed that youngster Ruben Tejada will step right in and be the Mets’ 2012 shortstop. But is it that cut and dried? Is there a possibility that the Mets break camp with someone else standing next to David Wright on the diamond?
Josh Lewin Joins Mets Radio Team
The Mets are preparing to sign Josh Lewin to join Howie Rose in the WFAN broadcast booth in 2012. Lewin was the TV play-by-play voice of the Texas Rangers, until he was let go following the 2010 season. Rumor has it Nolan Ryan wanted a more serious voice in the play-by-play chair next to analyst … Read more
Mets Spring Training Question 13: Third-string Catcher
With pitchers and Molinas reporting to Port St. Lucie in 13 days, Mets question #13 is this: who is — as Jerry Manuel might ask — the backup to the backup backstop?
Mets Spring Training Question 14: Second Base
With 14 days — yup, just two weeks — before pitchers and Molinas report, we examine question #14 that needs to be answered during Mets spring training: who is going to play second base?