13-14 Offseason

Will the Mets Win 75 Games in 2014?

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It’s still early in the offseason, and the Mets may yet add more pieces to the puzzle. But, with the way the team stands now, how many wins do you think it can accumulate in the 2014 season? Inspired by loyal MetsToday reader and commenter “argonbunnies“: There’s a call for W-L predictions upthread. I can … Read more

Isn’t Brian Cashman the Best GM in Baseball?

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New York magazine is publishing their annual series titled “Reasons to Love New York,” and as of this writing, there are 47 reasons. Why there would need to be any reasons beyond the cronut, Shake Shack, and 24-hour dim sum (or Korean barbecue, take your pick) is not the focus of this discussion. Rather, we’ll discuss reason #26, authored by Will Leitch: Because Sandy Alderson is the Best G.M. in Baseball.

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Flashback 2007: Calling Bartolo Colon

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While researching something else through the MetsToday archives, I happened upon several fun flashback posts from December 2007. I’m sharing them here, for skittles and giggles. Jump into your hot tub time machine and follow the links. For one, there was the low-risk / high-reward signing of Mark Prior by the Padres. Mark Prior, of … Read more

Why Curtis Granderson Could Be the Next Jason Bay After All

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It’s been nearly a week since we heard the Mets were signing Curtis Granderson — enough time for the news to digest, to sleep on it, to think it over. So here we go.

After hearing about an un-Aldersonlike 4-year, $60M contract, immediate comparisons to the Jason Bay deal were a natural progression. Around the Mets beat and blogosphere, the response has been mixed in that regard, though overall the consensus seems to be defending the signing of Granderson, with people pointing to all kinds of details suggesting that the player and the current situation are much different from the one the Mets chose around this time four years ago.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire — and there are too many small fires being snuffed out in the Grandy camp to prevent comparison to the day the Mets dumped too many dollars and years into the Bay of Jason.

As Yogi Berra might say, “it’s deja vu all over again.”

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